Alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and negative affect play an important role in adolescents who present pathological gambling. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were, firstly, to analyze the differences between alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and positive and negative affect in adolescents with and without risk of gambling problems. Secondly, the relationships between all the variables of the study in adolescents with and without risk of problem gambling were analyzed separately. Thirdly, we analyzed the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between alexithymia and dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies (ERS) in adolescents at risk of gambling problems. The sample was composed of 206 adolescents with ages ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 15.52; SD = 1.43). They were divided into two groups according to the score obtained in the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA). Thus, 84 were included in the group without risk of gambling problems and 122 in the group at risk of gambling problems. The results obtained revealed higher scores in negative affect and pathological gambling in the group at risk of gambling problems. Likewise, positive relationships between alexithymia, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (MERS), and affect were found. Mediation analyses showed that difficulties in identifying feelings were indirectly related to greater use of dysfunctional ERS through their relationship with negative affect in at-risk gamblers.

述情障碍、情绪调节困难和负面影响在青少年病态赌博中起重要作用。因此，本研究的目的首先是分析有和没有赌博问题风险的青少年的述情障碍、情绪调节困难以及正面和负面影响之间的差异。其次，分别分析了有和没有问题赌博风险的青少年研究中所有变量之间的关系。第三，我们分析了正面和负面影响在有赌博问题风险的青少年述情障碍与功能失调情绪调节策略（ERS）之间的关系中的中介作用。样本由 206 名 12 至 18 岁的青少年组成（M = 15.52; 标准差 = 1.43)。根据针对青少年的 South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised (SOGS-RA) 中获得的分数将他们分为两组。因此，84 人被包括在没有赌博问题风险的组中，122 人被包括在有赌博问题风险的组中。获得的结果显示，在有赌博问题风险的群体中，负面影响和病态赌博得分较高。同样，发现述情障碍、适应不良情绪调节策略 (MERS) 和情感之间存在正相关关系。中介分析表明，识别感受的困难与更多地使用功能失调的 ERS ​​间接相关，因为它们与高危赌徒的负面影响有关。