Problem Gambling and Intimate Partner Violence

Nicki A. Dowling · Aino Suomi · Alun Conrad Jackson · Tiffany Lavis · Janet L. Patford · Suzanne Cockman +6 more

174 citations0/0 files storedTrauma Violence & Abuse

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Intimate Partner and Family Violence Crime Patterns and Interventions Gambling Behavior and Treatments

Abstract

This study provides a systematic review of the empirical evidence related to the association between problem gambling and intimate partner violence (IPV). We identified 14 available studies in the systematic search (8 for victimisation only, 4 for perpetration only and 2 for both victimisation and perpetration). Although there were some equivocal findings, we found that most of the available research suggests that there is a significant relationship between problem gambling and being a victim of IPV. There was more consistent evidence that there is a significant relationship between problem gambling and perpetration of IPV. Meta-analyses revealed that over one third of problem gamblers report being victims of physical IPV (38.1%) or perpetrators of physical IPV (36.5%) and that the prevalence of problem gambling in IPV perpetrators is 11.3%. Although the exact nature of the relationships between problem gambling and IPV is yet to be determined, the findings suggest that less than full employment and clinical anger problems are implicated in the relationship between problem gambling and IPV victimization and that younger age, less than full employment, clinical anger problems, impulsivity, and alcohol and substance use are implicated in the relationship between problem gambling and IPV perpetration. The findings highlight the need for treatment services to undertake routine screening and assessment of problem gambling, IPV, alcohol and substance use problems, and mental health issues and provide interventions designed to manage this cluster of comorbid conditions. Further research is also required to investigate the relationship between problem gambling and violence that extends into the family beyond intimate partners.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 174 citations exist upstream.

References

2013Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 2003Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses 2009Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.2000Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology A Proposal for Reporting 2009Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement 2014Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed.2009Introduction to Meta‐Analysis 2021Introduction to Meta‐Analysis

Cited by

2024The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling 2016Systematic reviews of explanatory risk factors for violence, offending, and delinquency 2020Confirmatory factor analysis of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among a community-based sample of parents and adolescents 2019Public health effects of gambling – debate on a conceptual model 2020The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.