This study is based on the strength perspective. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that had significant influences on the recovery of pathological gamblers. In addition, this study also had three aims as follows : 1) Investigating the ...
This study is based on the strength perspective. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that had significant influences on the recovery of pathological gamblers. In addition, this study also had three aims as follows : 1) Investigating the characteristics of pathological gamblers on the recovery path, 2) Identifying the parts of pathological gambler's recovery and understanding the level of parties of recovery, 3) Identifying factors that have significant influences on the recovery of pathological gamblers among strengths factors.
Specially the objects of this study were 210 male pathological gamblers who were members on recovery path of GA. According to survey research, it was to be noted that Frequencies, Correlations, Factor Analysis, Stepwise Regression, t-test and Logistic Regression. In this study, three major dependent variables, it means recovery, were gambling symptom, psychological and social damage cause of gambling and social responsibility. Major independent variables expected to affect recovery were classified into six dimensions : 1) population statistical characteristics of pathological gamblers on recovery path, 2) characteristics of gambling, 3) background of GA, 4) characteristics of family, 5) background of spirituality and 6) capacity of dealing with problems.
The main findings of this study results were summerized as follows :
First, most of the objects of this study were thirties or forties male men that had to do their best at working place. This study was found that most of them started gambling from teens and their problems of gambling mainly appeared in their thirties. So we need to enforce prevention education and treatment program of gambling problems.
Second, this study prescribed that the conception of pathological gambler's recovery is to improve the gambling symptom, to recover from the psychological and social damage cause of gambling and to be increased the social responsibility. It was appeared that gambling symptom, psychological and social damage cause of gambling and social responsibility had constitution validity as parts of pathological gambler's recovery. So, we can use that three parts of recovery(gambling symptom, psychological and social damage cause of gambling, social responsibility) to assessment of pathological gambler's recovery.
Third, it was found the significant factors which influence the recovery of gambling symptom were gambling self-efficacy, spiritual well-being, period of gambling stop, GA control, gambling frequency of circumference people and school achivement. Also, it was found that the significant factors which influence the recovery of psychological and social damage cause of gambling were subjective state of finances, unadoptable copy with stress, period of participate in GA and gambling self-efficacy. In addition, it was found the significant factors which influences the recovery of social responsibility were adoptable copy with stress, couple's open communication, spiritual well-being, efficacy of GA program, attitude toward gambling, gambling self-efficacy and monetary motive on gambling. Specially, this study found that gambling self-efficacy was the significant factor which influences the recovery of all three parts of pathological gambler's recovery and spiritual well-being was the significant factors which influences the recovery of gambling symptom and social responsibility. So to promoting the recovery, we have to prepare of common approach programs and separate approach programs about parts of recovery of pathological gamblers.
Fourth, in this study, we found that factors which help to make lots of recovery of gambling symptom were GA control, spiritual well-being, monetary motive on gambling and gambling self-efficacy.
In conclusion, this study identified the inclusive conception of pathological gambler's recovery and we can use those three parts of recovery to assessment them. In addition, we found that we have to promote the strengths of pathological gambler's which was proved to be significant factors in this study.