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Women’s experiences of gambling-related harm as an affected other

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Author(s): McCarthy, Simone ; Thomas, Samantha L. ; Pitt, Hannah ; Warner, Elyse ; Roderique-Davies, Gareth ; Rintoul, Angela ; John, Bev

Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Year Published: 2022

Date Added: July 07, 2022

When someone’s gambling is problematic, it can harm people in their social network. These people are known as affected others. The authors of this study wanted to better understand the experiences of women as affected others. They analysed the open-text responses from 136 women who gambled and identified as an affected other from an online survey. The women had concerns about the gambling behaviour of a broad range of people in their social network, including partner, family, friends, and others. They described how they had been negatively affected by someone else’s gambling. The responses were categorised into four themes: financial harms, social harms, psychological harms, and harms experienced as a child of someone who gambled.


Citation: McCarthy, S., Thomas, S. L., Pitt, H., Warner, E., Roderique-Davies, G., Rintoul, A., & John, B. (2022). “They loved gambling more than me”: Women’s experiences of gambling related harm as an affected other. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.608

Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.608

Keywords: affected others ; family impacts ; gambling ; gambling harm ; gambling-related harm ; personal relationships ; public health ; women

Topics: Family and Friends ; Public Health

Conceptual Framework Factors:   Environment - Social and Economic Impacts ; Cultural - Gender ; Cultural Factors ; Resources - Harm Reduction, Prevention, and Protection ; Gambling Environment

Study Design: Qualitative: Content Analysis

Geographic Coverage: Australia, New South Wales ; Australia, Victoria

Study Population: 136 people who identified as female, gambled at least once in the past 12 months, lived in Victoria or New South Wales, and affirmatively responded that they had been negatively impacted by someone’s gambling

Sampling Procedure: Voluntary response sampling (individuals recruited by Qualtrics through online panel companies)

Study Funding:

This study was funded by Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Small Grant Fund.

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