Gambling careers: A longitudinal, qualitative study of gambling behaviour
Gambling careers: A longitudinal, qualitative study of gambling behaviour
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DOI：
10.3109/16066359.2012.731116
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Dobbie, Fiona
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作者：
Reith, Gerda;Dobbie, Fiona
本文介绍了一项为期五年的“赌博职业”研究的结果，旨在探索个人随着时间的推移出现和摆脱问题行为的方式。采用纵向定性方法研究了 50 名问题赌徒和娱乐赌徒的稳定性和变化模式。研究发现，赌博行为的常态是变化而不是稳定，并确定了四种不同的行为轨迹：进展、减少、一致性和非线性。该研究利用对受访者赌博行为的丰富叙述，开始提出这些不同类型运动的原因，强调就业、环境和社会背景等物质因素在每种运动中的作用。它的结论是，赌博行为随着时间的推移而变化很大，并建议未来的研究重点关注行为模式，而不是赌徒的“类型”。
This article presents findings from a five year study of 'gambling careers' designed to explore the ways that individuals move in and out of problematic behaviour over time. A longitudinal qualitative methodology was used to investigate patterns of stability and change in a cohort of 50 problem and recreational gamblers. The study found that change, rather than stability, was the norm in gambling behaviour and identified four different trajectories of behaviour: progression, reduction, consistency and non-linearity. Drawing on rich narrative accounts of respondents' gambling behaviour, the study begins to suggest reasons for these different types of movement, highlighting the role of material factors such as employment, environment and social context in each. It concludes that gambling behaviour is highly variable over time, and recommends that future research focus on patterns of behaviour rather than on 'types' of gamblers.