Basic Beliefs About Behavioural Addictions Among Finnish and French Treatment Professionals
| Autor: | Laurence Simmat-Durand, Anja Koski-Jännes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Employment Male medicine.medical_specialty Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject education 030508 substance abuse Anxiety Logistic regression Power (social and political) Blame 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Cultural diversity mental disorders Social Norms medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Finland health care economics and organizations General Psychology Addiction treatment media_common Distrust Addiction humanities Behavior Addictive Socioeconomic Factors Video Games Gambling Female France medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gambling Studies. 33:1311-1323 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3602 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10899-017-9672-8 |
| Popis: | The ways in which addictive behaviours are perceived may decisively influence the ways they are handled. This study explores how treatment professionals' cultural and other background variables influence their beliefs about gambling and Internet addictions. Mailed surveys were conducted with addiction treatment professionals in Finland (n = 520) in 2007-2008 and France (n = 472) in 2010-2011. The data were analysed by descriptive statistical methods and logistic regression analysis. Cultural differences were the most consistent predictors of the responses concerning gambling and Internet addictions. The French professionals assessed the dependence risk in these behaviours as higher (P |
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