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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Problem Gambling Family Impacts: Development of the Problem Gambling Family Impact Scale |
Author: | Dowling, N.A. Suomi, A. Jackson, A.C. Lavis, T. |
Citation: | Journal of Gambling Studies, 2016; 32(3):935-955 |
Publisher: | SpringerLink |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 1050-5350 1573-3602 |
Statement of Responsibility: | N. A. Dowling, A. Suomi, A. C. Jackson, T. Lavis |
Abstract: | Although family members of problem gamblers frequently present to treatment services, problem gambling family impacts are under-researched. The most commonly endorsed items on a new measure of gambling-related family impacts [Problem Gambling Family Impact Measure (PG-FIM: Problem Gambler version)] by 212 treatment-seeking problem gamblers included trust (62.5 %), anger (61.8 %), depression or sadness (58.7 %), anxiety (57.7 %), distress due to gambling-related absences (56.1 %), reduced quality time (52.4 %), and communication breakdowns (52.4 %). The PG-FIM (Problem Gambler version) was comprised of three factors: (1) financial impacts, (2) increased responsibility impacts, and (3) psychosocial impacts with good psychometric properties. Younger, more impulsive, non-electronic gaming machine (EGM) gamblers who had more severe gambling problems reported more financial impacts; non-EGM gamblers with poorer general health reported more increased responsibility impacts; and more impulsive non-EGM gamblers with more psychological distress and higher gambling severity reported more psychosocial impacts. The findings have implications for the development of interventions for the family members of problem gamblers. |
Keywords: | Gambling; Family; Significant others; Impact; Counselling; Treatment |
Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10899-015-9582-6 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0989331 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-015-9582-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology publications |
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