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Donnelly, Cara L.

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Gambling as a means of relieving distress: Understanding the connections among interpersonal trauma, perceived social support and unsupport, and problem gambling.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Gambling as a means of relieving distress: Understanding the connections among interpersonal trauma, perceived social support and unsupport, and problem gambling./
Author:	Donnelly, Cara L.
Description:	165 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: B, page: 3400.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-05B.
Subject:	Psychology, Social. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR60101
ISBN:	9780494601013

Gambling as a means of relieving distress: Understanding the connections among interpersonal trauma, perceived social support and unsupport, and problem gambling.
Donnelly, Cara L.

Gambling as a means of relieving distress: Understanding the connections among interpersonal trauma, perceived social support and unsupport, and problem gambling. - 165 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: B, page: 3400.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University (Canada), 2009.

Different pathways to problem gambling have been offered, including biological, personality, developmental, cognitive, learning, and ecological determinants, and these have been proposed to vary across individuals, but the present research assessed how exposure to interpersonal trauma puts one at risk for a gambling addiction. It has been suggested that individuals who become addicted have a general mistrust of others stemming from experiences of interpersonal trauma, and as such, they avoid seeking help and instead turn to a drug, an object, an activity, or a specific behaviour as a source of distraction for temporary relief from distress (e.g., Hofler & Kooyman, 1996). From this perspective, addiction may have evolved as a means of relieving distress, wherein those with poor views about people stemming from histories of interpersonal trauma are more likely to cope in this manner (i.e., seeking relief from other sources, such as gambling). It was hypothesized that interpersonal trauma would be associated with problem gambling, and that this relationship would be mediated by perceptions of poor social support. Two studies were conducted examining a young university-based sample (Study 1, N = 284) and an older community-based sample (Study 2, N = 281). Study 2 also examined whether improved perceived social support facilitated by a journal intervention designed to restore and/or encourage positive perceptions of social support was associated with reduced symptoms of problem gambling. Using online survey methodologies, both studies supported the notion that problem gambling was associated with interpersonal trauma experiences and with poor perceptions concerning the supportiveness of people. Moreover, in Study 2, poorly perceived social support served as a significant pathway linking exposure to interpersonal trauma and problem gambling symptoms. Alternative models revealed that, not only did poor views about people serve to promote gambling problems, but gambling problems added to these poor perceptions by prompting distancing on the part of others. This latter effect was replicated by the journal intervention in that reduced problem gambling symptoms were associated with a subsequent diminishment in perceived social distancing. These observed trends were more evident among the male participants and thus might not necessarily apply to female gambling.

ISBN: 9780494601013Subjects--Topical Terms:

529430
Psychology, Social.

Gambling as a means of relieving distress: Understanding the connections among interpersonal trauma, perceived social support and unsupport, and problem gambling.
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