Intention to Change and Treatment-Seeking in Pathological Gamblers and Investors: an Experimental Study in Young Adults

Those participating in this condition will receive a personalised brief report which summarises the results of their initial assessment. The PONF will comprise the following elements: (1) Details of the main gambling and trading activities performed, including frequency of engagement and amount of money spent; (2) Scores on the criteria of pathological trading and/or PGSI (pathological gambling), together with an interpretation of the results and the level of severity; (3) Summary of the areas (financial, emotional, etc.) that the participant has indicated as being affected by gambling or trading. All results will be accompanied by graphs enabling participants to compare their scores with the average scores of the Spanish population of the same sex and age range. To prevent an increase in behaviour in participants whose frequency or intensity of gambling/trading is below the norm, as recommended by Newall et al. (2023), the normative data will include extreme averages and percentages