Linking empathy to visuospatial perspective-taking in gambling addiction

Tomei, Alexander; Besson, Jacques; Grivel, Jérémy

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.061

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“…Despite perspective-taking is fundamentally different from cognitive reappraisal ( Dunn, Billotti, Murphy, & Dalgleish, 2009 ), difficulties in the capacity to be objective or to view the adverse stimulus as a detached, third-person observer may alter cognitive reappraisal attempts ( Webb, Miles, & Sheeran, 2012 ). Actually, PGs showed impaired perception of emotions in others ( Kornreich et al., 2016 ), poor empathy, and interpersonal perspective-taking ( Tomei, Besson, & Grivel, 2017 ). In line with this, some noted that low empathy was positively related to gambling as an escape ( Weatherly & Miller, 2013 ).…”

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Conceptualizing gambling disorder with the process model of emotion regulation

2018

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IntroductionNowadays, gambling disorder (GD) is a worldwide health issue and there is a growing need to both improve our understanding of this disorder and to tailor specific interventions for its treatment. Moreover, theoretical models and preliminary empirical results suggest that difficulty in regulating emotional states might be involved in GD. However, literature describing clinical and theoretical aspects of emotional dysregulation among pathological gamblers (PGs) shows a lack of systematic description.ObjectivesWe aimed to provide, within an exhaustive theoretical framework of emotion regulation (ER) processing, empirical evidence supporting a conceptual model of GD as an ER affliction.MethodsWe commented on empirical evidence on the relationship between ER and GD in the light of two main conceptual models of emotion (dys)regulation.ResultsThe results suggest there are actual deficits of ER processing among PGs, manifesting themselves through different ways and in different steps of the ER timeline. In addition, dysregulation of positive emotions may play a central role in GD. From a clinical point of view, we pointed out that deficits in ER might be multiple in nature and an assessment for GD should be accurate to identify the specific components accounting for the development and maintenance of the disorder. It should also orientate the clinician in selecting therapeutic objectives.ConclusionsThe nature of emotional states that are difficult to regulate might account for the GD severity and indicate the subtype of PGs the patient belongs to. Treatment programs should be tailored on the specificity of PGs.

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Conceptualizing gambling disorder with the process model of emotion regulation

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“…The multi-dimensional scale of empathic reactions developed by Davis (the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) allows for measuring the forms of empathic reactions indicated above [47]. The results of studies to date indicate a relationship between the emotional aspect of empathy, that is PD, and addictions such as gambling addiction [65], problematic Internet use [66] and problematic smartphone use [67], in which the level of PD turned out to be higher in addicts compared to healthy controls. Individuals with a higher level of social dysfunction and lower levels of social competence achieve high levels on the scale of PD [47].…”

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Personal distress as a mediator between self-esteem, self-efficacy, loneliness and problematic video gaming in female and male emerging adult gamers

2019

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The aim of our research was to investigate the predictors of Problematic Video Gaming (PVG) in emerging adulthood. From among the factors which were considered significant in previous studies, we decided to include the following in our research: empathy, self-esteem, self-efficacy and loneliness. Additionally, we wanted to examine which predictors have a direct or indirect effect on PVG in female and male emerging adult gamers group. Including a sample of 370 video game players (201 female gamers) aged 18–30 years (M = 21.66 years, SD = 2.83) participated in this study and were asked to complete self-report measures. The questionnaires included: Problem Videogame Playing Questionnaire, The Interpersonal Reactivity Index, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale. Our results indicate that empathy dimension associated with personal distress, the time spent playing computer games per week is directly associated with PVG. Also, there were found full mediation between self-esteem, loneliness, self-efficacy and PVG via personal distress in emerging adult male gamers group. In emerging adult female gamers group personal distress fully mediated relation between self-esteem, self-efficacy and PVG. Our findings indicate that the time spent playing video games, as well as personal distress as a function of self-esteem, loneliness and self-efficacy, are predictors of problematic video gaming. Additionally, our results may lead to a better understanding of PVG among emerging adults. In particular, they may point to the importance of personal distress in relation to PVG during emerging adulthood, which is a developmental stage of many changes in social and professional life.

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“…Similar impairments have also been reported in conditions such as schizophrenia [ 22 , 23 ], psychopathy [ 17 ], and borderline personality disorder [ 24 ]. An aberrant self–other distinction might also underpin the social dysfunction seen in psychopathologies, including depression [ 25 , 26 ] and addiction [ 27 – 29 ].…”

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Agent-specific learning signals for self–other distinction during mentalising

2018

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Humans have a remarkable ability to simulate the minds of others. How the brain distinguishes between mental states attributed to self and mental states attributed to someone else is unknown. Here, we investigated how fundamental neural learning signals are selectively attributed to different agents. Specifically, we asked whether learning signals are encoded in agent-specific neural patterns or whether a self–other distinction depends on encoding agent identity separately from this learning signal. To examine this, we tasked subjects to learn continuously 2 models of the same environment, such that one was selectively attributed to self and the other was selectively attributed to another agent. Combining computational modelling with magnetoencephalography (MEG) enabled us to track neural representations of prediction errors (PEs) and beliefs attributed to self, and of simulated PEs and beliefs attributed to another agent. We found that the representational pattern of a PE reliably predicts the identity of the agent to whom the signal is attributed, consistent with a neural self–other distinction implemented via agent-specific learning signals. Strikingly, subjects exhibiting a weaker neural self–other distinction also had a reduced behavioural capacity for self–other distinction and displayed more marked subclinical psychopathological traits. The neural self–other distinction was also modulated by social context, evidenced in a significantly reduced decoding of agent identity in a nonsocial control task. Thus, we show that self–other distinction is realised through an encoding of agent identity intrinsic to fundamental learning signals. The observation that the fidelity of this encoding predicts psychopathological traits is of interest as a potential neurocomputational psychiatric biomarker.

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Linking empathy to visuospatial perspective-taking in gambling addiction

Cited by 27 publications

References 62 publications

Conceptualizing gambling disorder with the process model of emotion regulation

Conceptualizing gambling disorder with the process model of emotion regulation

Personal distress as a mediator between self-esteem, self-efficacy, loneliness and problematic video gaming in female and male emerging adult gamers

Agent-specific learning signals for self–other distinction during mentalising

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