School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia.
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
J Gambl Stud. 2019 Sep;35(3):1015-1034. doi: 10.1007/s10899-019-09826-3.
This study compared the experience of gambling related harms between gamblers and spouses, whilst taking into account gender and problem gambling severity. Participants (N = 5036, 2603 females) from Australia and New Zealand completed a retrospective survey that probed the prevalence of specific harms from gambling within six harm domains (financial, work/study, health, emotional/psychological, relationship, and social deviance). Overall there was a similar count of total harms reported across all domains experienced by spouses (vs gamblers), however the types and patterns of harms reported were markedly different. Spouses reported the highest number of harms within the emotional/psychological and relationship domains, whereas gamblers experienced a higher number of harms in all other domains. Spouses were five to six times more likely to report increased conflict in their relationship due to gambling, greater relationship tension, and ending a relationship. In comparison, gamblers reported more severe health-related harms, such as suicide attempts and increased alcohol consumption. The findings highlight the unique ways in which gamblers and their spouses each respond to the presence of gambling problems.
本研究比较了赌瘾患者及其配偶在考虑到性别和赌瘾严重程度差异的情况下，对赌博相关伤害的体验。来自澳大利亚和新西兰的参与者（N=5036，2603 名女性）完成了一项回顾性调查，调查了六个伤害领域（财务、工作/学习、健康、情感/心理、关系和社交越轨）中特定赌博伤害的发生率。总体而言，配偶（而非赌瘾患者）在所有经历的领域中报告的总伤害数量相似，但报告的伤害类型和模式明显不同。配偶在情感/心理和关系领域报告的伤害数量最多，而赌瘾患者在所有其他领域报告的伤害数量更多。配偶因赌博而报告的关系冲突、关系紧张和结束关系的次数是赌瘾患者的五到六倍。相比之下，赌瘾患者报告了更多与健康相关的严重伤害，如自杀企图和饮酒量增加。研究结果突出了赌瘾患者及其配偶各自对赌博问题的存在做出的独特反应方式。
