COUV ACTES - Psychologie communautaire

Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse PracticesFig. 3. Dependence.Fig. 4. Expectations.DiscussionThe results of this study clearly demonstrate that the psychological profile of pathological gamblers differssignificantly from the profile of social gamblers. Across all areas of the model investigated (distress, worry,benefits, and dependence), more than 65% of the responses on the questionnaire were in the ‘‘almost never’’range for this latter control group, indicating that psychosocial factors (particularly negative factors) do not play amajor role in their decision to game.In comparison, the pathological group demonstrated significantly higher scores in both the distress (Mann-Whitney U=438.000; p