People with gambling disorder (GD) exhibit distorted cognitions and superstitious beliefs more often than the general population. Similarly, difficulties in coping and emotion dysregulation are more prevalent among those with GD, and could determine the onset of GD in particularly vulnerable groups such as adolescents. This study examines the relationship between gambling severity and gambling-related cognitions with coping strategies and emotion regulation. Also, it explores how accurately gambling severity and gambling-related cognitions were able to predict emotion regulation and coping strategies. Two groups were recruited and analyzed: a community sample comprising 250 adolescents and young adults from secondary education schools, and a clinical sample of 31 patients with similar age characteristics seeking treatment for GD. The participants from the clinical sample scored higher on gambling severity, emotion dysregulation, cognitive biases, and maladaptive coping strategies. In the community sample, cognitive biases mediated the relationship between sex and emotion dysregulation and disengagement. People with GD use more often than controls maladaptive emotion regulation strategies to manage negative emotional states. This perspective emphasizes the need to focus on coping with emotions, as opposed to coping with problems, as the best approach to tackle gambling problems.

与一般人群相比，具有赌博障碍（GD）的人更容易出现扭曲的认知和迷信。同样，应对和情绪失调方面的困难在患有GD的人群中更为普遍，并且可能决定了在特别脆弱的群体（如青少年）中GD的发作。本研究探讨了赌博严重程度与与赌博相关的认知之间的关系以及应对策略和情绪调节。此外，它探讨了赌博严重性和与赌博相关的认知如何准确预测情绪调节和应对策略。招募并分析了两组：一个社区样本，其中包括来自中等教育学校的250名青少年和年轻人，以及31名年龄特征相似的寻求GD治疗的患者的临床样本。临床样本的参与者在赌博严重程度，情绪失调，认知偏见和适应不良的应对策略上得分更高。在社区样本中，认知偏差介导了性与情绪失调和脱离接触之间的关系。患有GD的人比控制适应不良的情绪调节策略更经常使用来管理负面情绪状态。这种观点强调，必须将重点放在应对情绪上，而不是应对问题，这是解决赌博问题的最佳方法。患有GD的人比控制适应不良的情绪调节策略更经常使用来管理负面情绪状态。这种观点强调，必须将重点放在应对情绪上，而不是应对问题，这是解决赌博问题的最佳方法。患有GD的人比控制适应不良的情绪调节策略更经常使用来管理负面情绪状态。这种观点强调，必须将重点放在应对情绪上，而不是应对问题，这是解决赌博问题的最佳方法。