스포츠토토의 중독성향과 합리화 기제 = Sykes와 Matza의 중화이론 관점으로

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The purpose of this study was to elucidate the addiction of gambling, one of the deviations that are considered a social problem which are related to sports gambling. Furthermore, this study aimed to examine the propensity of addiction that is inherent in Sports Toto, and al so conduct an in-depth study the rationalization of addiction to Sports Toto in relevance to the views of the neutralization theory by Sykes and Matza(1957). For this, this study used case study a methods of qualitative research. Participants were selected by using purposive sampling. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and collecting relevant data. The collected data was put in a test analysis. The study results is as follows. First, the propensity of addiction that was noticed by Sports Toto constituents were seen through, betting whenever money was available, belief in making a fortune at stroke， a tenacity for probabilities, difficulties during everyday life that come from resistance, and participating in a dangerous sport. Constituents had trust in the belief that it was able to earn a large sum of money through Sports Toto and so were betting their money in a world of hope, and showed a tendency to invest their money in Sports Toto whenever they had the appropriate amount.