Pathological Gambling and Co-dependence

• Authors: Slezáková Silvia

Abstracts

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Pathological gambling is one of the addictions that is widespread in our society, but despite its seriousness, it does not receive sufficient attention. The economic consequences of pathological gambling are comparable to other addictions, although in the overall context, their economic impact is much greater. The social consequences of pathological gambling are even greater than in case of other addictions, as pathological gamblers mostly have a family, and because of their dependence, their family often becomes dysfunctional, with all the related consequences. There exist several effective treatment approaches to treat pathological gambling, as in the case of substance dependencies. For an understanding of pathological behaviour in online games and digital games, it is also necessary to understand the development of related phenomenon – pathological gambling. The aim of this article is to briefly describe pathological gambling and co-dependence.

Keywords

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addiction; co-dependence; family; games; pathological gambling

• Publisher: Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda
• Journal: Acta Ludologica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 40-51
• Physical description: Media and Communication, Game studies, Theory of Digital Games
• Document type: Article

Contributors

author

Slezáková Silvia

• Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family