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Effect of a brief meditation intervention on gambling cravings and rates of delay discounting 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명NW Shead, AS Champod, A MacDonald
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer New York
  • 출판년도2020
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • 발행사항18(5), 1247-1263
  • ISBN/ISSN15571874, 15571882
  • 소개/요약Meditation practice may be a useful intervention to reduce cravings and impulsivity among gamblers. Fifty-nine participants (90% female, mean age = 21.6 years) completed pre-intervention questionnaires including the Gambling Craving Scale (GACS) and a delay discounting task. Next, they were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) audio-guided mindfulness-based meditation exercises or (2) audiobook recordings (control condition). After listening to 10-min daily audio recordings for a week, participants completed post-intervention measures. Contrary to hypothesis, gambling measures were not correlated with delay discounting. However, dispositional mindfulness was inversely related to a self-report measure of impulsivity and problem gambling severity. The hypothesized interaction between time (pre- vs. post-intervention) and condition (meditation exercises vs. audiobook recordings) was significant for gambling cravings among gamblers (n = 39), with those in the meditation condition showing a significant reduction in gambling cravings which highlights the potential benefits of meditation practice to reduce gambling cravings.