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PCN 529 - Analyzing Gambling Behavior | Report

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Co-Occurring Disorders (PCN 529)

   

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PCN 529 - This report focuses on the prevalence of gambling in adults and will illustrate the psychological needs of an addicted person and different theories that can be applied to address the issue. Gambling is a form of recreational activity that has risks associated with it. Several studies have suggested that adults are more vulnerable to gambling addiction.

PCN 529 - Analyzing Gambling Behavior | Report

   

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Co-Occurring Disorders (PCN 529)

   Added on 2020-03-04

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Running head: ANALYZING GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR IN ADULTSAnalyzing gambling behaviour in adultsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1ANALYZING GAMBLING BEHAVIOR IN ADULTSIntroduction- Gambling is a form of recreational activity that has risks associated with it.It either embraces or ruins a person’s life. It can be defined as the event of wagering any valuablepossession or money with the intention of gaining material goods or monetary benefits.Gambling is a human invention (Schwartz, 2013). Addiction refers to a pathological attachmentor compulsive attraction to any substance, generally a drug (West & Brown, 2013). Therefore,compulsive gambling is a major form of addiction. It is characterized by narrowing of interests,loss of control, compulsivity, preoccupation, guilt, dishonesty and chronic relapse. Gamblingleads to emotional disturbances. Unlike drug abuse and alcoholism, no physical or cognitiveimpairment has been associated with gambling. Several studies have suggested that adults are more vulnerable to gambling addiction.Adults are influenced by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors while gambling. Supplementingincome and financial gain are some of the extrinsic factors (Wagenaar, 2016). The intrinsicfactors include distraction from boredom and loneliness, entertainment and escaping grief orsorrow. This report therefore focuses on the prevalence of gambling in adults and will illustratethe psychological needs of an addicted person and different theories that can be applied toaddress the issue. Potential psychological needs- This part of the essay will build a relationship betweenmotivation or psychological needs in older adults for gambling and the various outcomes. Muchresearch has been carried out in correlating psychiatric needs and gambling prevalence in youngadults. However, relatively little research has been performed to decipher the motivation behindolder adults who are gambling addicts. Due to aging of population and increased senior citizenparticipation in gambling, recently research focusing on adult gambler population has emerged.Identification of the gambling motives in adults who fall across the gambling continuum is of
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2ANALYZING GAMBLING BEHAVIOR IN ADULTSutmost importance to realize the potential motivational factors behind this addiction (Reith,2012). Wiliam Stekel was one of the early psychoanalysts to find similarities between alcoholismand gambling mania in adults. In his view, both the events were motivated by regression tochildhood, escapism, power concerns, repressed sexuality and sadism. He also created ademarcation between a professional gambler and a real gambler. The former plays for monetarybenefits and not for recreation purpose. However, the latter considers gambling as a major formof play. He recognized the fact that gambling produces alternate emotional states in an adult. Itproduces intense feelings of joy, hope and expectation, which makes the addict crave forexcitement (Rosenthal, 2015). Gambling is often played with a fearful behavior. A personexperiences states of depression and mania. Behavioral psychologists laid emphasis on thecapability of gambling to induce emotional arousal or reduce tension in the person involved. There are many reasons, which force adults to gamble on a regular basis. These factorscan be broadly categorized into two non mutual exclusive motivation types: the desire topositively reinforce arousal and excitement in the subject and the desire to negatively reinforce
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