Pathological gambling is a growing health problem in Romania, recognized in DSM V (2013) as a form of psychopathology included in the category of addictions. This study aims to find out whether there are differences between gamblers and the control group among the dependent variables (impulsivity, conscientiousness, and defense mechanisms). According to the literature, impulsivity and low conscientiousness are specific features to pathological gamblers. A second goal is to check if there are one or more defense mechanisms defining gamblers. A recent study (Waqas et al., Waqas et al., Psychiatry Research 243:463–468, 2016) about the association of defense mechanisms and the problematic use of the Internet identified the following defense mechanisms: projection, denial, passive aggression, and movement. The present study questionnaire consists of four sections: a) The impulsivity questionnaire (Eysenk et al., Eysenck et al., Personality and Individual Differences 6:613–619, 1985), b) Defense Style Questionnaire-40, c) C-NEO (only the items related to the Conscientiousness factor) and d) SOGS (South Oaks Gambling Screen) test. This questionnaire was applied to 40 gamblers in the full version, and the control group was given the same questionnaire apart from the SOGS test. All data were analyzed in SPSS v20. The research results show that pathological gamblers have higher impulsivity than the control group, their defense mechanisms are predominantly neurotic and immature and their conscientiousness is significantly lower than the control group.

病态赌博在罗马尼亚是一个日益严重的健康问题，在 DSM V (2013) 中被认为是成瘾类别中的一种精神病理学形式。本研究旨在找出因变量（冲动性、责任心和防御机制）中赌徒和对照组之间是否存在差异。根据文献，冲动和低责任心是病态赌徒的特定特征。第二个目标是检查是否存在一种或多种定义赌徒的防御机制。最近的一项研究（Waqas et al., Waqas et al., Psychiatry Research 243:463–468, 2016）关于防御机制的关联和互联网的问题使用确定了以下防御机制：投射、否认、被动攻击、和运动。本研究问卷由四个部分组成：a) 冲动性问卷（Eysenk et al., Eysenck et al., Personality and Individual Differences 6:613–619, 1985), b) Defense Style Questionnaire-40, c) C- NEO（仅与尽责性因素相关的项目）和 d) SOGS（南橡树赌博筛选）测试。该问卷以完整版的形式应用于 40 名赌徒，除了 SOGS 测试外，对照组给予相同的问卷。所有数据均在 SPSS v20 中进行分析。研究结果表明，病态赌徒 该问卷以完整版的形式应用于 40 名赌徒，除了 SOGS 测试外，对照组给予相同的问卷。所有数据均在 SPSS v20 中进行分析。研究结果表明，病态赌徒 该问卷以完整版的形式应用于 40 名赌徒，除了 SOGS 测试外，对照组给予相同的问卷。所有数据均在 SPSS v20 中进行分析。研究结果表明，病态赌徒他们的冲动性高于对照组，他们的防御机制主要是神经质和不成熟，他们的责任心明显低于对照组。