Is pathological gambling just a big problem or also an addiction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15398331
AutoresVarpu Rantala (University of Turku), Pekka Sulkunen (0000-0003-3260-9147, University of Helsinki, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen20
Número1
Páginas1-10
Fecha de publicación2011-02-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAddiction Research & Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1476-7392 • E-ISSN: 1606-6359
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3109/16066359.2011.552819
OpenAlexW2165280358
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas31

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

Addiction · Agency (philosophy · Craving · Pathological · Pleasure · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Sense of agency · Social science · Sociology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology