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Summary:

"Based on research by Canadian sociologist Lorne Tepperman, this book looks into the personal relationships of problem gamblers, and comes out with some surprising results. It provides a discussion of expert opinion on the subject, includes first-hand narratives of those who have suffered from gambling addictions, and brings essential new explanatory concepts to the issue."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Intr1duction
• Groups, families, and gambling : a sociological approach
• The research project
• Gamblers and gambling practices
• Gambling beliefs of respondents
• The downward spiral of gambling
• Worsening family relations
• Lack of spouse awareness
• Weak couple embeddedness
• Inability to promote treatment and change
• Ability to promote treatment and change
• What have we learned?
• Recommendations for treatment, policy, and research
• Regulation theory : a statement and proposed tests.

Author/Creator:

Tepperman, Lorne

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Betting their lives: the close relations of problem gamblers [by Tepperman, L.]

Subjects:

Compulsive gamblers — Canada

Compulsive gamblers — Family relationships — Canada

Compulsive gambling — Canada

Compulsive gamblers

Compulsive gamblers — Family relationships

Compulsive gambling

Canada

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-339) and index.

Physical Description:

v, 346 pages ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

HV6722.C3 T46 2009

ISBNs:

9780195430592 (alk. paper)
019543059X (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009288506

OCLC Numbers:

242045327