“当人们伸出援手时,就是他们绝望的时候”:了解澳大利亚北部地区土著居民非正式和正式的赌博求助行为。

IF 2.2 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal of Gambling Studies Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-25 DOI:10.1007/s10899-024-10371-x
Himanshu Gupta, Noemi Tari-Keresztes, David Aanundsen, James A Smith
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本研究对澳大利亚北领地(NT)原住民寻求赌博相关问题帮助的经验进行了深入的定性探索。通过对29名参与者的半结构化访谈,包括经常和偶尔的赌徒,以及受他人赌博影响的人,研究强调了寻求正式帮助的主要障碍。这些障碍包括土著社区内赌博的正常化,否认赌博问题,羞耻感,隐私问题,以及对主流服务缺乏信任。此外,过去在服务方面的负面经历、对评判的恐惧以及后勤方面的挑战,例如在偏远地区等待时间过长和运输困难,都是专业服务使用率低的原因。相反,偶尔会寻求家人和朋友的非正式支持,这反映了土著文化的集体主义本质。参加者亦报告采用自助策略,并提供实用建议,以尽量减少赌博的危害。这项研究强调了土著社区赌博行为的复杂性,以及阻碍获得正式支持服务的文化、社会和系统因素。它呼吁将土著知识和做法纳入赌博预防和干预计划,这可能会提高这些战略的相关性和有效性。通过解决文化规范和获取障碍,这种有针对性的方法可以减少对反应性干预的需求,更好地支持北领地受赌博影响的土著人的健康和福祉。为了改进相关政策和实践,我们还认为这些发现有助于在全国和全球范围内更广泛地为土著特定的赌博预防证据基础背景做出贡献。
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"When People Reach Out that is When They're Desperate": Understanding Informal and Formal Help-Seeking Practices for Gambling among Aboriginal Peoples in the Northern Territory, Australia.

This study provides an in-depth qualitative exploration of Aboriginal peoples' experiences with seeking help for gambling-related issues in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. Through semi-structured interviews with 29 participants, including regular and occasional gamblers as well as those affected by others' gambling, the research highlights key barriers to seeking formal help. These barriers included the normalisation of gambling within Aboriginal communities, denial of gambling problems, feelings of shame, privacy concerns, and a lack of trust in mainstream services. Additionally, past negative experiences with services, fear of judgment, and logistical challenges, such as long waiting times and transportation difficulties in remote areas, contributed to the low uptake of professional services. Instead, informal support from family and friends was occasionally sought, reflecting the collectivist nature of Aboriginal cultures. Participants also reported employing self-help strategies and offered practical suggestions for minimising gambling harm. This research underscores the complexity of gambling behaviours within Aboriginal communities and the cultural, social, and systemic factors that deter access to formal support services. It calls for the integration of Indigenous knowledge and practices into gambling prevention and intervention programs, which may improve the relevance and effectiveness of these strategies. By addressing both cultural norms and access barriers, such targeted approaches may reduce the need for reactive interventions and better support the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people affected by gambling in the NT. To improve relevant policies and practices, we also consider these findings to contribute to the broader Indigenous-specific gambling prevention evidence-base contexts nationally and globally.

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期刊介绍: Journal of Gambling Studies is an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination on the many aspects of gambling behavior, both controlled and pathological, as well as variety of problems attendant to, or resultant from, gambling behavior including alcoholism, suicide, crime, and a number of other mental health problems. Articles published in this journal are representative of a cross-section of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, and social work.
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