AUTHOR=Kaur Puneet , Leino Tony , Chegeni Razieh , Erevik Eilin K. , Mentzoni Rune A. , Pallesen Ståle 

TITLE=Association between problem gambling and personality traits: a longitudinal study among the general Norwegian population

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1241365

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1241365

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Objective</title><p>The present study investigates the longitudinal relationship between problematic gambling (PG) and the five factor model’s personality traits using autoregressive cross-lagged models.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>The data used in the current study was collected by a national survey in 2013 (<italic>n</italic> = 10,081) and a follow-up study (<italic>n</italic> = 5,848) in 2015. PG was measured using Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) while personality was assessed using Mini-International Personality Item Pool (MINI-IPIP). Participants who completed the CPGI and all the personality items during both waves (<italic>n</italic> = 2,702) were analysed.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>The results show that neuroticism had positive cross-lagged associations with CPGI. In contrast, conscientiousness and agreeableness in 2013 were found to have inverse cross-lagged effect on CPGI in 2015. Finally, openness and extraversion did not have any cross-lagged associations with CPGI.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>PG poses serious negative implications for the involved individuals as well as their associated close social circle. Hence, it is important to understand predictors of PG for prevention purposes. Personality traits are one of the influential frameworks for examining uncontrolled psychopathological behaviors like PG. The study findings offer significant theoretical as well as practical implications.</p></sec>