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0000-0003-2671-3511
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Deakin University
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-05-2022
DOI: 10.1002/HPJA.608
Abstract: Gambling poses a global threat to public health due to its far-reaching impacts. Research has demonstrated a ripple effect of harmful gambling on social network members and broader communities. While researchers have documented extreme harms associated with an affected other, limited research has qualitatively investigated how women describe their concerns about the gambling of a social network member, and any subsequent negative impacts on their own lives. An online panel survey was conducted with women aged 18 years and older, who gambled at least once in the last 12 months, and resided in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales. This paper focused on the open text responses of a subsection of the s le (n = 136) who reported being negatively impacted by someone else's gambling. The study utilised reflexive thematic analysis to interpret the data. Results indicated that women were concerned about the gambling behaviours of a broad range of social network members. Open text responses regarding the nature of these concerns mostly related to in idualised paradigms of gambling behaviour - including whether the participant perceived their network member could afford to gamble, was being responsible with their gambling, or were gambling too frequently. Participants experienced a range of negative impacts including significant financial issues, relationship difficulties, poorer emotional wellbeing as a result of worrying about the gambler, and loss of trust. Some described the negative experiences associated with growing up with a parent who gambled. The research demonstrates the broad impacts of gambling on affected others. This study enhances our understanding of how women are harmed by gambling and considers the complexities of their experiences and relationships with the gambler. This extends knowledge beyond quantitative descriptors of harm among affected others and provides a critical reflection on the nuances of women's experiences with gambling and gambling harm.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-04-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-04-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Abstract: Research has demonstrated that gambling is becoming increasingly normalised for women. As limited research has sought to understand women's perspectives on this issue, we sought women's opinions about the factors that may contribute to the normalisation of gambling for women, and the strategies that may counter this normalisation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 women in young and middle adulthood, aged 20-40 years. Participants suggested that gambling was normal for women because gambling environments had been designed to appeal to women, newer technologies had removed the stigma of attending physical venues, and the growing equality and independence of women. To de-normalise gambling, women suggested addressing the influential role of marketing, designing new public education strategies, addressing the availability and accessibility of gambling, and restricting engagement with gambling products. This study highlighted women's perceptions of strategies to address the normalisation of gambling and the importance of providing risk information paired with broader policy reform and prevention initiatives to address the range of determinants that normalise gambling for women. Involving women in advocacy and understanding their perspectives is important in developing relevant public health responses to the normalisation of gambling for women.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-09-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-08-2023
DOI: 10.1002/HPJA.651
Abstract: Younger women's engagement with gambling has changed over recent decades due to a range of socio‐cultural, environmental and commercial factors. However, younger women's distinct lived experiences with gambling have rarely been considered. The following critical qualitative inquiry explored factors that influenced younger women's engagement with gambling and their perceptions of gambling risks. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 41 Australian women aged 18‐40 years. Participants were asked questions relating to their reasons for gambling, and the perceived risks associated with gambling. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. Five themes were constructed from the data. First, women reported that they gambled to escape their everyday lives, with some women reporting gambling within their own homes. Second, women reported gambling for financial reasons, particularly to change their life circumstances and outcomes. Third, gambling was used by women as a way to connect with social network members. Fourth, gambling was an incidental activity that was an extension of non‐gambling leisure activities. Finally, lower risk perceptions of participants' own gambling risk contributed to their engagement and continuation of gambling. Public health and health promotion initiatives should recognise that young women's gambling practices are erse, and address the full range of socio‐cultural, environmental and commercial factors that may influence younger women's engagement with gambling.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-03-2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 31-07-2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-09-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-10-2018
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