Social cost of pathological gambling.
Social cost of pathological gambling.
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02104905
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发表时间：
1994-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Sylvain, C
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作者：
Ladouceur, R;Boisvert, J M;Sylvain, C
病态赌博给受影响的个人、他们的家庭、雇主和社会带来了巨大的问题，并带来了许多灾难性的经济后果。本研究评估的财务负担病态赌博的问题病态赌徒在治疗赌徒匿名（n=60; 56名男性，4名女性;平均年龄= 40岁）有关个人债务，工作中的生产力损失，非法活动，医疗费用和其他依赖的存在。结果表明，重要的债务，工作生产力的损失和法律的问题与病态赌博。讨论是从对各种赌博活动合法化采取开放态度的社会成本方面制定的。
Pathological gambling creates enormous problems for the afflicted individuals, their families, employers, and society, and has numerous disastrous financial consequences. The present study evaluates the financial burdens of pathological gambling by questioning pathological gamblers in treatment in Gamblers Anonymous (n=60; 56 males, 4 females; mean age = 40 years old) about personal debts, loss of productivity at work, illegal activities, medical costs and the presence of other dependencies. Results show that important debts, loss of productivity at work and legal problems are associated with pathological gambling. Discussion is formulated in terms of the social cost of adopting a liberal attitude toward the legalization of various gambling activities.