The Examination of the Relationship Between Mental Health Knowledge, Personality Traits and Sexual Attitude on Gambling Behaviour Among Psychiatric Patients

Authors

  • Ozougwu Augustine Obumneme Department of Internal Medicine ESUT College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria
  • Okoli Paul Chibuike Department of Internal Medicine ESUT College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria
  • Ofojebe Chukwuma Philip Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-Nigeria
  • Onyebueke Godwin Chukwudi Department of Internal Medicine, ESUT College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria
  • Akpoke Victor Okorieh Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria
  • Ogundu Amara Grace Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria
  • Aneke Jerome Chukwuma Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu-Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v6i7.1353

Keywords:

mental health knowledge, personality traits, sexual attitude, gambling behaviour, psychiatric patients

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between mental health knowledge, personality traits and sexual attitude on gambling behaviour among psychiatric patients. One hundred and seventeen (117) patients (87 males and 30 females) aged between 20-50 years from who were treated in the ESUT Neuropsychiatric Hospital Emene, Enugu State participated in the study. The instruments employed in this study were: the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Brief Sexual Attitude Scale. The study is multi group cross sectional design and Multiple Linear Regression was used to analyze the data. Results showed that: mental health knowledge, personality traits and sexual attitude has no significant relationship with problem and non problem gambling. This study has established that one’s personality trait of neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion, and other variables like mental health knowledge and sexual permissive attitude has no significant effect on problem gambling among psychiatric patients. This shows that diversity of gambling activities facade is a challenge when seeking to understand the relation between personality and sexual attitude on gambling behaviour. The implications of this study is need to step further research on the clinical management of problem gamblers who are experiencing low level of problem with fewer or no identified negative consequences, moderate problem gamblers experiencing some negative consequences and problem gambling with negative consequences and a possible loss of control. It is recommended that the government, through the office of the board of internal revenues, should ensure a proper check on the rapid increase of gambling homes in the country to mitigate gambling’s involvement and harm. Besides, there is need for clinicians and media houses to engage the populace especially youths through sensitization workshops on the negative implications of gambling and awareness of mental disorders which will aid their recognition of the negative impacts of gambling, enhance their management and promote prevention; for prevention is better than cure.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Abasiubong, F., Ekoh, J.U., & Bassey, E. A., (2007). A comparative study of attitude to mental illness between journalists and nurses in Uyo, Nigeria. African Journal of Medicine and Medical sciences 36:345-351.

Allcock, C & Grace (1988). DM Pathological gamblers are neither impulsive nor sensation-seekers. Aust N Z J Psychiatry1988; 22307- 311.

American Psychiatric Association (2000) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Test Revision 4th Edn. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, ISBN 0-8942-024-6.

American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Bagby, R. M., Vachon, D. D., Bulmash, E. L., Toneatto, T., Quilty, L. C., & Costa, P. T. (2007). Pathological gambling and the five-factor model of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(4), 873-880.

Beaudion, C., & Cox, B., (1999). Characteristics of problem gambling in a Canadian context. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44(5); 483- 7.

Blaszczynski, A., & Nower, L. (2002). A pathways model of gambling and problem gambling. Addiction, 97, 487–499.

Blaszczynski, A., Wilson, A & Mcconaghty (1986). Sensation Seeking and Pathological Gambling. British Journal of Addiction 81,1.

Buckle, J. L., Dwyer, S. C., Duffy, J., Brown, K. L., & Pickett, N. D. (2013). Personality factors associated with problem gambling behavior in university students. Journal of Gambling Issues, 28, 1-17. doi:10.4309/jgi.2013.28.19

Calado, F and Griffiths, M (2016). Problem gambling worldwide: An update and systematic review of empirical research 2000-2015. J. Behav Addit. 1; 5(4): 592-613.

Carrroll, A., Davidson, t., Marsh, D. & Rogers, B. (2011). Help seeking and uptake of services amongst people with gambling problems in the ACT. Canberra: Australian National University.

Costa PT, Jr, McCrae RR., (1992). Revised NEO personality inventory manual. Odessa: Psychol Assess Res.

Cross,M., Basten, J & Hendrick, E (1998). Student-athletes and gambling: An analysis of attitudes towards risk-taking. Journal of Gambling Studies, 14, 431-439.

Cyders MA, Smith GT, Spillane NS, Fischer S, Annus A zM, Peterson C., (2007). Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency. Psychol Assess, 19:107–18.

Delfabbro, P.H., & LeCouteur, A.L., (2009). Australasian gambling review (4th Ed.). Adelaide:Independent Gambling Authority of South Australia.

Derevensky, J. L., & Gupta, R., (2004). Adolescents with gambling problems: A synopsis of our current knowledge. Gambling: The Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues, 10, 1–22.

Evans-Lacko, S,. Little, K., Meltzer, H., et al (2010). Development and PsychometricvProperties of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule. Can J. Psychiatry, 55 (7):440-448.

Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, MW (1985). Personality and individual differences. New York: Plenum Press.

Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G., (1975). Manual of the EPQ (Eysenck personality questionnaire). San Diego, CA: Educational and Industrial Testing Service.

Ferris, J., Wynne, H. & Single, E., (1998) Measuring Problem Gambling in Canada. Draft Final Report for the Inter-Provincial Task Force on Problem Gambling. Canada: Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse.

Francis, L. J. & Pearson, P: R. (1988). Religiosity and the short-scale EPQ-R indices of E, N and L, compared with the JEPI, JEPQ and EPQ. Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 653657.

GeoPoll. Mobile Gambling Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Denver: GeoPoll; (2017).

Available from: http://blog.geopoll.com/mobile-gambling-among-youth-in-sub-saharan-africa [Ref list].

Grant, J. E., & Steinberg, M. A,.(2005) Compulsive Sexual Behavior and Pathological Gambling. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity; 12: 335-224.

Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S. S., & Reich, D. A., (2006). The brief sexual attitudes scale. Journal of Sexual Research, 43, 76–86.

Heaven, P. C. (1990). Religious values and personality dimensions. Personality and Individual Differences, I I, 953-956.

Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S. S., & Reich, D. A., (2006). The brief sexual attitudes scale. Journal of Sexual Research, 43, 76–86.

Jorm, A. F., Korten, A. E., Jacomb, P. A., Christensen, H., Rodgers, B., & Pollitt, P. (1997). Mental Health Literacy: A survey of the public’s ability to recognise mental health disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment. Medical Journal of Australia, 166, 182–186.

Kapsomenakis, A., Simos, P.G., Konstantakopoulos, G., & Kasselimis, D.S. (2018). In search of executive impairment in pathological gambling: A neuropsychological study in nontreatment seeking gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies,1–14; Doi.https://doi.org/10.1007/s/089

Kessler et al. (2006). DSM-IV Pathological Gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychol Med. www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/i8257941/

Langewisch, M. W. J., & Frisch, G. R., (1998). Gambling behaviour and pathology in relation to impulsivity, sensation seeking, and risky behaviour in male college students. Journal of Gambling Studies, 14, 245–262.

Lester, D. (1990). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 1187-1188.

Livingstone, C. & Woolley, R. (2007) ‘Risky Business: a few Provocations on the Regulation of Electronic Gaming Machines. International Gambling Studies, Vol 7, No 3: 343-358 (in press)

Maclaren, V, Best, L, Dixon & Harrigan, K (2011).Problem gambaling and the five factor model in university students. Personality and Individual Differences. 50 (3): 336-338.

Marshall, D. & Baker, R. (2002). ‘The Evolving Market Structures of Gambling: Case Studies Modelling the Socioeconomic Assignment of Gaming Machines in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia’, Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol 18, No. 3.

Martins, S. S., Lobo, D. S. S., Tavares, H., & Gentil, V. (2002). Pathological gambling in women: A review. Revista do Hospital das Clı´nicas, 57(5), 235 – 242.

McCormick, RA., Russo, AM., Ramirez, LF & Taber, JI (1984) Affective disorders among pathological gamblers seeking treatment. Am J Psychiatry; 141215- 218.

Mental Health First Aid Australia (2008). Depression: first aid guidelines. Melbourne: Mental Health First Aid.

Meyer, G., Hayer, T and Griffiths, M (2009). Problem gambling in Europe: Challenges, prevention, and interventions. New York, NY: Springer (Goeogle Scholar).

Moore, S. m., Thomas, A. C., Kyrios, M., & Bates, G. (2012). The self regulation of gambling. Journal of Gambling studies 28, 15.

Nower, L., Derevensky, J., & Gupta, R. (2004). The relationship of impulsivity, sensation seeking, coping, and substance use in youth gamblers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, 49-55.

Pearson, P. R. (1989). Psychoticism and spiral maze performance in elderly psychiatric patients. Personality and Individual Differences, IO, 371-372.

Pearson, P. R. (1990a). Is personality related to behavioural disability in the elderly? Personality and Individual Differences, II, 1189-1190.

Pearson, P. R. (1990b). Impulsiveness and spiral maze performance in elderly psychiatric patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 1309-1310.

Petry, N. M. (2000). Gambling problems in substance abusers are associated with increased sexual risk behaviors. Addiction, 95(7), 1089 – 1110.

Petry, NM. (2007) Gambling and substance use disorders: Current status and future directions. Am J Addict. 16:1–9. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Petry, NM (2006). Internet gambling: an emerging concern in family practice medicine? Family Practice, 23, 4: 421-426.

Petry, N. M., Strinson, F. S., Grant, B. F. (2005) Cormobidity of DSM-IV pathological gambling and other psychiatric disorders: results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; 66 (5) 564-574.(PubMed)

Raine. A. & Manders, D. (1988). Schizoid personality, inter-hemispheric transfer, and left hemisphere over-activation. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27, 333-347.

Roy, A., Custer, R., & Lorenz, V., (1989). Personality factors in pathological gambling. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 80, 37–39.

Scanavino, M. T., Ventuneac, A., Abdo CHN, Tavares, H., Amaral, MLSAd, Messina, B., et. al. (2013) Compulsive sexual behavior and psychopathology among treatment- seeking men in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Psychiatry research; 209: 518-524 (PubMed)

Slutske, W.S., (2006). Natural recovery and treatment seeking in pathological gambling: Results of two U.S. national surveys. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 297–302.

Slutske, W. S., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., & Poulton, R. (2005). Personality and problem gambling: a prospective studyof a birth cohort of young adults. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 769–775.

Steel, Z., & Blaszczynski, A. (1996). The factorial structure of pathological gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 12, 3–20.

Specker, S. M., Carlson, G. A., Edmonson, K. M., Johnson, P. E., & Marcotte, M., (1996).Psychopathology in pathological gamblers seeking treatment. Journal of Gambling Studies, 12, 67–81.

Ucheagwu,V., Ugokwe-Ossai, R., Okoli, P and Ossai, J. (2018). Some neuropsychological profiles and personality traits of undergraduate regular online football gamblers (a new online gambling game) in Nigeria. African Journal of Biology and Medical Research Vol.1, No.1, pp.14-25, www.abjournals.org

Wynne, H. J., (2002). Introducing the Canadian Problem Gambling Index. Edmonton, AB: Wynne Resources.

Zuckerman, M (1979).Sensation seeking; beyond the optimal level of arousal. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erl baum

Downloads

Published

2020-07-31

How to Cite

Obumneme, O. A., Chibuike, O. P., Philip, O. C., Chukwudi, O. G., Okorieh, A. V., Grace, O. A., & Chukwuma, A. J. (2020). The Examination of the Relationship Between Mental Health Knowledge, Personality Traits and Sexual Attitude on Gambling Behaviour Among Psychiatric Patients. International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing, 6(7), 01–18. https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v6i7.1353

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 7 (2020): International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing (ISSN: 2208-2670)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2020 International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing (ISSN: 2208-2670)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

In consideration of the journal, Green Publication taking action in reviewing and editing our manuscript, the authors undersigned hereby transfer, assign, or otherwise convey all copyright ownership to the Editorial Office of the Green Publication in the event that such work is published in the journal. Such conveyance covers any product that may derive from the published journal, whether print or electronic. Green Publication shall have the right to register copyright to the Article in its name as claimant, whether separately
or as part of the journal issue or other medium in which the Article is included.

By signing this Agreement, the author(s), and in the case of a Work Made For Hire, the employer, jointly and severally represent and warrant that the Article is original with the author(s) and does not infringe any copyright or violate any other right of any third parties, and that the Article has not been published elsewhere, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere in any form, except as provided herein. Each author’s signature should appear below. The signing author(s) (and, in