Chasing, or continuing to gamble to recoup losses, is a behavioral marker and a diagnostic criterion for gambling disorder. Research on chasing has focused mainly on adults, whereas the analysis of chasing behavior among adolescents has not received empirical attention in the gambling literature. The aim of the present study was to first investigate the interplay between chasing behavior, craving, temporal perspective, alcohol use, and gambling severity among Italian adolescents. Three hundred and sixty-four adolescents took part in the study. Participants completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), the Gambling Craving Scale (GACS), the 14-item Consideration of Future Consequences scale (CFC-14), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and performed a computerized task assessing chasing behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to the control and the loss condition of the computerized task. Results indicated that the choice to continue playing, as well as chasing frequency did not vary as a function of experimental condition. Hierarchical logistic and linear regression analyses revealed that the decision to chase depended mostly on craving, whereas chasing propensity was affected by craving and alcohol misuse. Notably, gambling severity did not predict either the decision to chase, or the chasing persistence. The present study contributes important findings to the gambling literature, highlighting the role of craving alcohol use in facilitating the inability to stop within-sessions gambling among adolescents. These findings may provide evidence that nonchasers and chasers represent two different types of gamblers, and that the difference may be useful for targeting more effective therapies.

追逐或继续赌博以弥补损失，是赌博障碍的行为标志和诊断标准。追逐研究主要集中在成年人上，而青少年对追逐行为的分析在赌博文献中并未受到经验的关注。本研究的目的是首先调查意大利青少年中追逐行为，渴望，时间观，饮酒和赌博严重性之间的相互作用。364名青少年参加了这项研究。参与者完成了针对青少年修订的南奥克斯赌博屏幕（SOGS-RA），赌博渴望量表（GACS），未来后果的14个项目考虑量表（CFC-14），酒精使用障碍识别测试（AUDIT）和执行了评估追逐行为的计算机化任务。参与者被随机分配到计算机任务的控制和损失情况。结果表明，继续演奏的选择以及追逐频率并未随实验条件而变化。分层逻辑和线性回归分析表明，追逐的决定主要取决于渴望，而追逐的倾向则受渴望和酗酒的影响。值得注意的是，赌博的严重性并不能预测追逐的决定或追逐的持久性。本研究为赌博文献提供了重要发现，强调了渴望饮酒在促进青少年无法停止会间赌博方面的作用。这些发现可能提供证据证明非追逐者和追逐者代表两种不同类型的赌徒，