Malkin Michelle L
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Gambling Research & Policy Initiative, East Carolina University, 238 Rivers Building, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA.
J Gambl Stud. 2025 Mar;41(1):315-331. doi: 10.1007/s10899-024-10351-1. Epub 2024 Aug 14.
Prior research has identified a host of factors that increase the likelihood that an individual will develop problem gambling, clinically diagnosed as Gambling Disorder (GD), most of which would be identified by criminologists as "strains" under the framework of General Strain Theory (GST). This study utilizes propositions from GST to determine whether strain from another person's gambling may be related to why people develop GD and whether gender is a moderating factor in this relationship. Secondary data is analyzed to assess levels of strain individuals experience from another person's gambling behavior, its relationship to the individual's risk of Gambling Disorder, and the role gender plays in this relationship. Findings demonstrate a relationship between the strain from the perceived problem gambling of someone with a close relationship and having a gambling disorder. Experiencing strain from a spouse/partner who is perceived as a problem gambler has the strongest correlation with an individual also having Gambling Disorder. Considering gender as a moderating factor, this effect was stronger on men than women, calling into question the strong belief that it is primarily women who gamble to escape problems.
先前的研究已经确定了一系列因素，这些因素会增加个体发展成问题赌博（临床诊断为赌博障碍（GD））的可能性，其中大多数因素在一般压力理论（GST）框架下会被犯罪学家认定为“压力”。本研究运用一般压力理论的命题来确定他人赌博带来的压力是否可能与人们患赌博障碍的原因有关，以及性别是否是这种关系中的调节因素。对二手数据进行分析，以评估个体因他人赌博行为而经历的压力水平、其与个体患赌博障碍风险的关系，以及性别在这种关系中所起的作用。研究结果表明，来自亲密关系中他人的问题赌博压力与患赌博障碍之间存在关联。察觉到配偶/伴侣存在问题赌博行为所带来的压力与个体自身患有赌博障碍的相关性最强。将性别视为调节因素，这种影响在男性身上比在女性身上更强，这对那种认为主要是女性通过赌博来逃避问题的强烈观点提出了质疑。
