Spelberoende och spelrelaterade stödföreningar under Covid-19-pandemin: En kvalitativ studie om uppfattningar av spelberoende och arbetet inom spelrelaterade stödföreningar under Covid-19-pandemin
(2021) SOPA63 20211School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of resources/employees concerning gambling addiction and the work within the support organizations targeting gambling addiction during the outbreak of the Covid-19-pandemic. To examine the phenomenon, we conducted seven qualitative semistructured digital interviews with individuals active in Swedish support organizations for gambling addiction whereof the results of the interviews were analyzed by using two psychosocial theoretical frameworks. According to the results of this study, the social environment tends to be strongly affected by an individual ́s problematic gambling behaviour. In addition, gamblers are prone to experience shame and stigma related to their problematic gambling.... (More)
- The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of resources/employees concerning gambling addiction and the work within the support organizations targeting gambling addiction during the outbreak of the Covid-19-pandemic. To examine the phenomenon, we conducted seven qualitative semistructured digital interviews with individuals active in Swedish support organizations for gambling addiction whereof the results of the interviews were analyzed by using two psychosocial theoretical frameworks. According to the results of this study, the social environment tends to be strongly affected by an individual ́s problematic gambling behaviour. In addition, gamblers are prone to experience shame and stigma related to their problematic gambling. During the Covid-19-pandemic, individuals are more isolated than before which according to the interviewees has led to increased levels of psychological distress, gamblers included. However, gamblers have the opportunity to satisfy their needs in terms of gambling despite isolating themselves from their social environment, this through online gambling which according to the interviewees also has increased. Within the support organizations, the interviewees account for a transition from previously offering physical meetings to solely offering digital meetings to the help-seekers. Although the interviewees state that the support organizations have received an increased amount of help-seekers participating during the digital meetings, the interviewees also account for a decrease among the elderly help-seekers. Furthermore, some interviewees give prominence to the loss of a social context which the former physical meetings have provided for the help-seekers. (Less)
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- author
- Mäkelä, Elin LU and Johannesson, Emma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- gambling addiction, self-help groups, Covid-19-pandemic, isolation, digitalization
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9053413
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-14 18:51:38
- date last changed
- 2021-06-14 18:51:38
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Spelberoende och spelrelaterade stödföreningar under Covid-19-pandemin: En kvalitativ studie om uppfattningar av spelberoende och arbetet inom spelrelaterade stödföreningar under Covid-19-pandemin}},
year = {{2021}},
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