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Article de Périodique
Is pathological gambling just a big problem or also an addiction? (2012)
Auteur(s) :
RANTALA, V. ;
SULKUNEN, P.
Année
2012
Page(s) :
1-10
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug
Thésaurus géographique
FINLANDE
Thésaurus mots-clés
INTERNET
;
JEU PATHOLOGIQUE
;
ADDICTION
;
DSM (III,IV,5)
;
CULTUREL
;
TOLERANCE
;
COMPULSION
;
THEORIE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
Résumé :
There is no research-based consensus on whether pathological gambling is also an addiction and not just a problem, and how it could be related to cultural factors. We present a critical review of dominant theories of addiction and propose our own theory based on the concept of images and the theory of agency. We show, using material from a Finnish internet discussion forum comprising 42 discussions with 487 messages, that the criteria proposed for Disordered Gambling in DSM-V correspond to the writers' experiences with the exception of tolerance and craving. The most important experience of agency in gambling is a sense of skill. This may be related to competitive values in contemporary society. In the addicted state, the loss of that sense of agency is painful. As with substance-based addictions, it is experienced as the loss of pleasure and joy from the activity.
Affiliation :
Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland