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Barrada, J.R. Navas Pérez, Juan Francisco Ruiz de Lara, C.M. Billieux, J. Devos, G. Perales, J.C. 2024-02-08T09:14:42Z 2024-02-08T09:14:42Z 2019 Barrada JR, Navas JF, Ruiz de Lara CM, Billieux J, Devos G, Perales JC (2019) Reconsidering the roots, structure, and implications of gambling motives: An integrative approach. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0212695. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212695 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0212695 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100223 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212695 Rationale and method Accurately identifying motives to gamble is crucial in the functional analysis of gambling behavior. In this study, a data-driven approach was followed to clarify the factor structure underlying a pool of motives for gambling, selected from the Gambling Motives Questionnaire–Financial (GMQ-F), and the Reasons for Gambling Questionnaire (RGQ), in a sample of regular problem and non-problem gamblers. Additionally, the role of gambling motives in the relationship between root behavioral activation/inhibition systems (BIS/BAS) and gambling severity, frequency, and preferences was explored using structural equation modelling (SEM). Results and conclusions The present study identified Social, Financial, and Fun/thrill-related gambling motives factors, but also a fourth factor in which some positive and negative reinforcement-based motives were grouped into a single and broader Affect regulation factor. This Affect regulation factor shared variance both with BIS and BAS-related measures, and was the only direct predictor of disordered gambling symptoms. The Fun/thrill factor was directly related to frequency of participation in high-arousal, skill-based games, and all factors were related to participation in lower-arousal, chance games (with Social motives negatively predicting both participation in the latter and total severity). In the SEM model, measures of BIS/BAS sensitivity were connected to gambling behavior only through gambling motives. Based on measures of items’ specificity, a shortened Spanish scale (the brief Gambling Motives Inventory, bGMI) is proposed to assess gambling motives in accordance with the observed 4-factor structure. eng open access Reconsidering the roots, structure, and implications of gambling motives: an integrative approach journal article