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The Effect of Gambling on Religious and Spiritual Struggles

Grant, Jennifer Tegan
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-7862
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555085953188635

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2019, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Research has shown associations between religion and spirituality and various addictive behaviors, such as substance use disorders and excessive internet pornography use. However, at present, only one published article has considered the relationship between gambling addiction and the negative aspects of religion and spirituality, also known as Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS). This study aimed to examine the relationship between gambling problems and RSS in order to better understand how much problem gambling severity predicts RSS cross-sectionally and over a 6-month time-period. The study used secondary data (N = 598) and controlled for neuroticism, which is known to be strongly associated with RSS and gambling problems, as well as age, gender, income, and type of game played. As hypothesized, problem gambling severity uniquely predicted RSS at baseline and at a 6-month follow-up. The study also explored the relationship between gambling motives and related cognitions and both RSS and problem gambling severity, based on previous research suggesting a possible association. Results showed that gambling related cognitions predicted demonic, and ultimate meaning struggles only. Enhancement motives also predicted all but moral struggles at baseline and coping motives predicted divine, ultimate meaning, and doubt struggles at baseline. Further research is necessary to understand the nature of links between gambling and RSS, and how gambling related cognitions and motives may affect them. It is also recommended that clinicians address RSS when treating addiction, especially Gambling Disorder.
Joshua Grubbs, PhD (Committee Chair)
Dara Musher-Eizenman, PhD (Committee Member)
Harold Rosenberg, PhD (Committee Member)
80 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology; Health; Health Care; Individual and Family Studies; Personality; Personality Psychology; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Religion; Social Psychology; Spirituality
problem gambling; religious and spiritual struggles; gambling motives; gambling related cognitions

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  • Grant, J. T. (2019). The Effect of Gambling on Religious and Spiritual Struggles [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555085953188635

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Grant, Jennifer. The Effect of Gambling on Religious and Spiritual Struggles. 2019. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555085953188635.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Grant, Jennifer. "The Effect of Gambling on Religious and Spiritual Struggles." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555085953188635

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