Sentences with phrase «becoming problem gamblers»

Is this causing more individuals to become problem gamblers?

So although environment can provoke a person to become a problem gambler, I do not see it as being a major factor.

People start on the path to pathological gambling for many reasons — financial problems, the gambler's fallacy, upbringing, etc. — but what determines whether one will become a problem gambler is how one deals with the addictiveness of gambling and the emotions gambling evokes.

Not exact matches

Individuals, her research shows, are not born gamblers but rather become gamblers (and problem gamblers) through complex processes of social interaction with their environment.

According to the federal government's Problem Gambling resource, up to 500,000 Australians either are, or are at risk of becoming, problem gaProblem Gambling resource, up to 500,000 Australians either are, or are at risk of becoming, problem gaproblem gamblers.

Another study by The Problem Gambling Treatment and Research Centre found children of problem gamblers are 10 times more likely to follow in the footsteps of their parents once they become Problem Gambling Treatment and Research Centre found children of problem gamblers are 10 times more likely to follow in the footsteps of their parents once they become problem gamblers are 10 times more likely to follow in the footsteps of their parents once they become adults.

Because the adult rates of problem gambling are lower than the adolescent rates, there is reason to believe that many adolescents who are classified as problem gamblers may not go on to become adult problem gamblers.

The literature also suggests that couple relationships may become entrenched in a cyclical process, with problem gamblers experiencing an increased need to gamble as partners try to control their behaviour (Tremblay & Brisson, 2007).