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Rantala, Varpu and Sulkunen, Pekka: Is Pathological Gambling also an Addiction and not Just a Big Problem? Addiction Research and Theory. Posted online on Febru-
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | There is no research-based consensus on whether pathological gambling (PG) 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. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://blogs.helsinki.fi/psulkune/files/2008/03/2011_Is-Pathological-Gambling-also-an-Addiction.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
