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Coping with guilt and shame after gambling loss.
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PMID:  20857182     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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In this study we examined the relations between guilt and shame and coping strategies in response to gambling loss. Based on H.B. Lewis's (Shame & guilt in neurosis. New York: International Universities Press, 1971) account of guilt and shame, we proposed that unlike guilt, the experience of shame involves the attribution of gambling loss to stable and global internal factors (i.e., self-devaluation). We hypothesized that problem gambling severity would be more strongly associated with the intensity of shame than with the intensity of guilt following gambling loss. Further, we hypothesized that the intensity of shame would be positively associated with the use of avoidant coping strategies following gambling loss. Finally, we hypothesized that the intensity of shame would mediate the association between problem gambling severity and the use of avoidant coping. These hypotheses were supported by a retrospective survey of recent gambling losses. Our finding suggests that the experience of shame and the use of avoidant coping strategies to deal with this emotion are central to problem gambling severity.
Authors:
Sunghwan Yi; Vinay Kanetkar
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1573-3602     ISO Abbreviation:  J Gambl Stud     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9425991     Medline TA:  J Gambl Stud     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  371-87     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada, syi@uoguelph.ca.
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