The experience of gambling problems in British professional footballers: a preliminary qualitative study
The experience of gambling problems in British professional footballers: a preliminary qualitative study
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DOI：
10.1080/16066359.2016.1212338
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Rogers, Robert D.
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作者：
Lim, Matthew S. M.;Bowden-Jones, Henrietta;Rogers, Robert D.
媒体报道称职业足球运动员的赌博率很高，但很少有人知道足球运动员是如何发展并寻求赌博问题的帮助的。在这里，我们报告了对11名英国职业足球运动员进行深度定性访谈的结果，这些球员曾经或正在一家寄宿诊所接受赌博问题的治疗。作为英国职业联赛的职业足球运动员，这些人的赌博经历是生活中一个非常突出的特征。赌博通常是作为年轻玩家的社交网络的一部分开始的，但后来发展成有问题的孤立赌博。促进这种转变的因素包括职业足球作为一种职业的结构方面（例如高薪、业余时间、赌博作为一种共同的休闲追求）以及比赛中的竞争和情感挑战（例如失去状态、受伤或合同解除及其对情绪的影响）。由于不愿向同龄人和俱乐部经理透露问题，寻求帮助的时间被推迟了，但有其他有类似经历的球员的建议，帮助了他。
Media reports suggest high rates of gambling amongst professional footballers but little is known about how footballers develop and then seek help for gambling problems. Here, we report the findings of in-depth, qualitative interviews with 11 British professional footballers who had, or who were, being treated for gambling problems at a residential clinic. These individuals experienced gambling as a highly salient feature of life as a professional football player in UK professional leagues. Often gambling began as part of social networks of young players, but then progressed to gambling problematically in isolation. Factors that facilitated this transition included structural aspects of professional football as an occupation (e.g. high salaries, spare time, gambling as a shared leisure pursuit) as well as the competitive and emotional challenges of the game (e.g. loss of form, injury or contract release and their effects upon mood). Seeking help was delayed by a reluctance to disclose problems to peers and club managers, but facilitated by recommendations from other players with similar experiences.