Titre : | Is pathological gambling just a big problem or also an addiction? (2012) |
Auteurs : | V. RANTALA ; P. SULKUNEN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Addiction Research and Theory (Vol.20, n°1, February 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 1-10 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique FINLANDEThésaurus 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. |
Domaine : | Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug |
Affiliation : | Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2011.552819 |
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