Domestic Violence Related to Problem Gambling, Says Study
New study on the interaction between gambling and domestic abuse has been published by Australia's National Research Organization for Women's Safety. Despite the fact that gambling does not cause domestic abuse, it definitely exacerbates it, the study notes.
A Recent Research Focuses On Gambling And Its Domestic Abuse Connection
New research released earlier this week by Australia's National Research Organization for Women's Safety (ANROWS) finds that gambling does not induce, nor exacerbates, intimate partner violence (IPV). The research was part of a project investigating gambling and abuse against women's relationships. The article was based on a series of studies aimed at further explaining the association between gambling and IPV and the effect that gambling has on men and women in a partnership.
A major portion of the women interviewed replied they were immune to IPV. With that in mind, when combined with problem gambling, aggression will only escalate, the study reports. Nearly all of the women whose husband had some form of problem gambling were subject to economic exploitation, according to the report. A researcher at the study replied by saying: "He would take my bank card. He would take my money. He’d just take whatever he wanted…He tapped into my PayPal account."
The research was led by Central Queensland University's Professor Nerilee Hing. She explained that gambling increases the gendered generators of abuse. Hing pointed out that because men are now in "decision-making control" and the gambling question will "increase considerably the incidence and intensity of IPV" against women.
The Issue Of Gambling Activity Has Been Criticized
The research outlined another controversial subject – are there enough gambling operators to shield players from gambling harm? According to Professor Hing, "gambling venues for largely ignoring problem gambling behaviors."
The paper explains that some gambling operators do not defend clients from gambling damage that results in serious gambling-related injuries as well as physical and economic violence against women. Any establishments entirely overlooked apparent signs of problem gambling, according to the people interviewed. Examples provided by the participants were that partners would play off a full wage in a single day or make several ATM withdrawals for the same gambling session.
The study also showed that IPV toward women improved even though the woman was the one with a gambling addiction. The research explains why men will blame gambling for all of the marital issues in such situations. Some men would also make use of this as an justification for IPV perpetration. As a result, women who have endured physical as well as mental abuse sought to flee from their husband by entering a casino place. This creates a spiral, according to the study, that fuels the gambling-problem of women but also increases the violence against them.
