Pathological Gamblers’ Personality Characteristics
I. V. Baranova, A. O. Bukhanovsky, D. C. Mavany, V. A. Soldatkin

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We have examined 150 pathological gamblers (PGs). It was ascertained that the pre-morbid features of the PGs personality include extroversion, easy communication, inclination to gambling and emotional satiety. More frequently manifested is the hyperthymic-unsteady variant of accentuated personality. The experimental psychological examination of the gamblers’ personality revealed well-marked psychopathic features, excitable type, which is a reflection of sharpening (pychopathization) and deformation (aggravated excitability) of the personality under the disorder development. The examination also revealed a system of personal characteristics significant for the development of the disease. The obtained data can and should be taken into account while working out the program of complex assistance to pathological gamblers.

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Keywords:
gambling