Table 4 Frequencies of constructs endorsed by total number of participants and specific Pathway subtypes

Antecedents that increase gambling

(n phrases per construct)

  Emotion (positive or negative)

6 (50)

2 (14)

2 (18)

2 (18)

  Resources (money)

6 (12)

2 (4)

2 (5)

2 (3)

  Location

6 (11)

2 (3)

2 (4)

2 (4)

  Social stimuli (absence or presence)

6 (10)

2 (3)

2 (2)

2 (5)

  Time of the day

5 (12)

2 (6)

2 (4)

1 (2)

  Behavior (specific activities)

4 (9)

1 (1)

2 (4)

1 (4)

  Specific discriminative stimuli

2 (4)

2 (4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  Gambling losses

2 (3)

1 (2)

1 (1)

0 (0)

  Substance use

2 (3)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (2)

Antecedents that decrease gambling

  Social stimuli (absence or presence)

6 (12)

2 (3)

2 (5)

2 (4)

  Emotion (positive or negative)

5 (15)

2 (8)

2 (4)

1 (3)

  Time of the day

5 (9)

2 (4)

2 (4)

1 (1)

  Behavior (specific activities)

4 (8)

1 (1)

2 (5)

1 (2)

  Location

3 (3)

1 (1)

2 (2)

0 (0)

Experiences when not being able to gamble

  Non-problematic response

4 (12)

2 (5)

0 (0)

2 (7)

  Frustrative non-reward

2 (5)

0 (0)

2 (5)

0 (0)

Accompanying responses

  Emotion (positive or negative) "arousal"

3 (7)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (5)

Strategies to control gambling

  Avoidance

4 (9)

1 (3)

1 (1)

2 (5)

  Monetary based strategies

3 (4)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (2)

  Social strategies

2 (5)

0 (0)

1 (4)

1 (1)

Strategies to continue gambling

  Antecedent enable (resources)

6 (12)

2 (3)

2 (4)

2 (5)

  Antecedent behavior

3 (4)

0 (0)

1 (2)

2 (2)

Consequences of gambling

  Emotional: Positive

6 (31)

2 (12)

2 (12)

2 (7)

  Emotional: Zone

6 (17)

2 (4)

2 (9)

2 (4)

  Emotional: Avoidance aversives

5 (33)

2 (7)

2 (14)

1 (12)

  Tangible: Money

4 (10)

2 (7)

2 (3)

0 (0)

Terminating events of gambling

  Depleted resources (money, physical, time)

6 (8)

2 (2)

2 (4)

2 (2)

  Behavior (specific activities)

3 (3)

0 (0)

2 (2)

1 (1)