Economic abuse is an unexplored topic in research on problem gambling and intimate partner violence. The researchers interviewed 18 women with lived experience of economic abuse due to a male partner’s gambling. Based on the interviews, the researchers came up with a model in which gendered drivers of violence provide the context for the economic abuse to occur. Economic abuse includes economic exploitation (e.g., fraudulent use of the woman’s credit cards) and control (e.g., restricting her access to money). The economic abuse becomes worse due to the male partner’s gambling and is reinforced by other forms of violence. Alcohol use and other mental health problems also add to the gambling and violence. The impacts include financial hardship and lowered capacity to leave the relationship.
