The Counterfeit Hero’s Journey of the Pathological Gambler: A Phenomenological Hermeneutics Investigation

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dc.contributor.authorGary Nixonen
dc.contributor.authorJason Solowoniuken
dc.contributor.authorVirginia McGowanen
dc.contributor.departmentAddictions Counsellingen
dc.contributor.facultySchool Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-24T20:28:16Z
dc.date.available2006-08-24T20:28:16Z
dc.date.issued2006-07
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.comen
dc.description.abstractThis research study sought to interpret and strove toward understanding the lived experience of 13 pathological gambler from an archetypal–mythic perspective. Through a phenomenological hermeneutics inquiry, 11 clusters of themes were illuminated. These themes highlighted a three stage mythical journey that elucidated how gambling began as regular pastime, but ended in failure in regards to becoming extraordinary and financially secure. Thus, resulting in extreme gambling behaviors such as psychological distress, family disintegration, and self-effacement. Clinical implications from this inquiry suggest that understanding pathological gambling from a archetypal–mythical perspective not only encapsulates our current paradiagms of thought about gambling, but may offer a more a holistic approach to understanding the pathological gambler as it sets its theoretical tenets in a cultural, historical, and psychosocial world.en
dc.description.refereedyesen
dc.description.sponsorshipAlberta Gaming Research Institute.en
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dc.identifier.citationNixon, G., Solowoniuk, J., & McGowan, V. (2006). The counterfeit hero’s journey of the pathological gambler: A phenomenological hermeneutics investigation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 4(3), 217-232.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33262
dc.identifier.issn1557-1882
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/43455
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.publisher.urlwww.springerlink.comen
dc.subjectPathological Gamblingen
dc.subjectGamblingen
dc.subjectMythic Structuresen
dc.subjectArchetypesen
dc.subject.otherHero's journeyen
dc.subject.otherPhenomenological Hermeneuticsen
dc.subject.otherInstitute Funded Reports
dc.titleThe Counterfeit Hero’s Journey of the Pathological Gambler: A Phenomenological Hermeneutics Investigationen
dc.typejournal article
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