Self -Medication Versus Pure Pleasure Seeking Compulsive Consumption

The current research examines the distinct problems associated with different motivations of compulsive consumption. In particular, we found that problem gamblers who had a goal to escape from reality or bad mood state (i.e., self-medicationers) were more likely to have other substance dependency than those who did not possess such a goal (i.e., pure-pleasure seekers). Our results also revealed that compared to pure pleasure seekers, self-medicationers were less likely to conduct illegal act to facilitate their gambling behaviour. The limitations and implications of our research were also discussed.