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Gambling among football fans: a questionnaire study
Zemanová, Anna ; Petruželka, Benjamin (advisor) ; Vacek, Jaroslav (referee)
Title: Gambling among football fans: a questionnaire study Background: Gambling is perceived as a common leisure activity in our society. However, this pastime has its risks, which affect the individual on an individual, family and societal level. Football and gambling have a common history. However, in general, this topic is not well researched in relation to football fans, which I would like to change by writing this bachelor thesis and contribute to the understanding of the issue Methods and research population. The only method of data collection was an electronic survey. A total of 534 respondents completed the questionnaire. I processed the collected data using descriptive statistics. Results and conclusion: Based on the analysis of the data obtained, it can be concluded that the prevalence of gambling among the football fans who participated in the research is high. At the same time, the results indicate a significant representation of respondents showing symptoms of pathological gambling according to the PGSI and Lie/bet screening questionnaires. Specifically, 215 respondents (44%) fall within some level of risk of pathological gambling, while 270 respondents (56%) are completely outside this risk. The most commonly reported gambling is betting on sports (93%). From these results, I conclude...
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The risk potential of gambling products for development of gambling disorder
Vařeková, Zuzana ; Mravčík, Viktor (advisor) ; Černíková, Tereza (referee)
BACKGROUND: A gambling disorder, which newly ranks among an addiction disorder, may develop with a lack of control over playing the hazard games. The structural and situational characteristics affects the risk potential of each hazard game for development of a gambling disorder. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the work was to map the perceptions and experiences of the addictology workers, who specialize on the gamblers, on the risk potential of the various types of the gambling products and their characteristics. METHODS: The research was designed as a cross-sectional survey with using e-mail communication. The convenient sample consisted of professionals working in addiction treatment a counselling programs for people with gambling disorder, who met the inclusion criteria. The questionnaire includes the filter with inclusion criteria, questions about sociodemographic profile of the respondents, the characteristics of the clients and the risk potential of gambling products and their characteristics. The sample consisted of 18 professionals (response rate 28 %). Descriptive analysis was performed. RESULTS: A total of 70,1 % people with gambling disorder, who are clients of the respondents, gamble primarily online. Betting online was the largest part (48,8 %) of the primary preferred game, then technical game...
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