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Gambling, social integration and sources of strain in cases of suicide: exploring police investigation reports
Ist Teil von
Addiction research & theory, 2024-03, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-7
Ort / Verlag
Taylor & Francis
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
In this qualitative sociological study we explore the significance of social integration and social strain in gambling suicides. There is evidence that gambling and suicidality are associated. Mental distress is common among people experiencing gambling harm. Indebtedness and financial losses are also associated with suicidality among people experiencing gambling harm. The significance of social factors and social context on gambling suicides is understudied. Social integration theory proposes that social ties, such as marriage, can protect people from suicide. Strain theory explains suicide by social factors causing strain. Our research question is: How are social integration and different sources of strain related to cases of gambling suicides? The data consists of police investigation reports of 21 suicide cases. The data was analyzed with thematic content analysis. The results show variation in the social integration and strain the deceased experienced before their deaths. None of the deceased were without social ties. The entanglement of different sources of strain was manifest. The results suggest that a typology consisting of four categories of suicide contexts can be distinguished by the respective strength of integration and the number of different strains. We conclude that gambling policy with a focus on harm prevention is also a matter of suicide prevention.