We envision a world in
which pathological gambling is understood to be a disease vs. a moral weakness; where the pathological gambler is treated with dignity and compassion; where resources and support are available to the pathological gambler and their loved ones.
Not exact matches
They found that 11 percent of the
gambling relatives had
pathological gambling themselves compared to 1 percent of the control relatives,
which means that the odds are about eight times higher in
gambling families for
pathological gambling to run in those families compared to control families.
These behaviors appeared to be explained mostly by genetic factors, suggesting that there is a genetic vulnerability for developing antisocial behaviors
which may also lead to addictive behaviors such as
pathological gambling (Slutske, et al., 2001).
Female
pathological gamblers often
gamble with friends,
which probably prevents them from withdrawing as easily as they may wish (Ladd & Petry, 2002a).
Another good point was the interaction between factors such as impulsivity and sensation seeking together being the cause of a disorder such as
pathological gambling; just one may not lead to the disorder,
which may be the effect of all the factors interacting.
Level two
gambling, or in - transition
gambling, refers to
gambling behavior
which does not meet the diagnostic criteria for
pathological gambling, but
which does, nonetheless, appear to be somewhat problematic.
To measure respondents» level of
pathological gaming, we used a seven - item game addiction scale developed by Lemmens et al. (2009),
which is based on the DSM IV - criteria for
pathological gambling previously adapted by Griffiths (2005).