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Gambling and its Impact on Social Lives of Compulsive Gamblers
HOLOUBKOVÁ, Ivana
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of social impacts of gambling on the gambler's lifestyle. The target of this work is to describe the basic aspects of person´s life who suffers from addiction to gambling; to determine how and which areas gambling has changed the way of their life the most. The target of the work was chosen in order to reveal the most vulnerable areas in the individual dependencies during their life that affect their lifestyle. The theoretical part of the thesis in the first chapter deals with the theoretical definitions of the concepts of addiction, addictive and impulsive disorders. The second chapter focuses on gambling as such. Furthermore, the theoretical part of the thesis deals with the gambling lifestyle, treatment of pathological gambling and social work with pathological players. Based on the stated objectives of the work has been assigned one research question: How addiction to gambling influences the gambler´s lifestyle? Based on the identified issues was conducted qualitative research methods through in-depth interviews with three communication partners. Through these interviews there were found living areas that have been affected with gambling, consequently gambler´s lifestyle has been affected. These areas were described in detail in the practical part and then methods of bunches were used for mapping into the tables. This research showed that gambling addiction is not without significant negative social impacts and without changing the current lifestyle. This work may lead to an increased awareness of gambling and its social consequences for individuals who meet with the gamblers, so for the public.

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