Recognition and responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) in gambler's help services : a qualitative study
Suomi, Aino
Recognition and responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) in gambler's help services : a qualitative study Aino Suomi, Carol O'Dwyer, Alyssa Sbisa, Olivia Metcalf, Anne-Laure Couineau, Meaghan O'Donnell and Sean Cowlishaw - Wiley, 2023 - Australian Journal of Social Issues .
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2023, First published online, 1 February 2023
Accumulating evidence shows a strong association between gambling problems and reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) but provides limited guidance about how to respond to these issues in specialised gambling services. The aim of this study was thus to improve understanding of the potential role of gambling help providers in identifying and responding to IPV. This was addressed via 20 semistructured interviews with gambling help service staff in Australia (15 female and 5 male). Data were analysed in the context of a social constructivist approach to thematic analysis, which produced four themes: (1) “It's loaded with complexity,” which highlights the clinical complexity of clients who disclosed both gambling problems and IPV; (2) “The hidden nature of gambling and IPV,” describing stigma, shame and secrecy attached to both gambling and IPV; (3) “The big thing is putting it on the radar,” which outlined factors in the service context that either enabled client disclosures of IPV or kept it hidden; and (4) “It's everyone's business,” which described current approaches to interagency collaboration, with reference to factors that either limited or facilitated such responses to addressing IPV. (Authors' abstract). Record #8933
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISCLOSURE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HELP SEEKING
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PERPETRATORS
PROBLEM GAMBLING
SUPPORT SERVICES
TREATMENT
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Recognition and responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) in gambler's help services : a qualitative study Aino Suomi, Carol O'Dwyer, Alyssa Sbisa, Olivia Metcalf, Anne-Laure Couineau, Meaghan O'Donnell and Sean Cowlishaw - Wiley, 2023 - Australian Journal of Social Issues .
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2023, First published online, 1 February 2023
Accumulating evidence shows a strong association between gambling problems and reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) but provides limited guidance about how to respond to these issues in specialised gambling services. The aim of this study was thus to improve understanding of the potential role of gambling help providers in identifying and responding to IPV. This was addressed via 20 semistructured interviews with gambling help service staff in Australia (15 female and 5 male). Data were analysed in the context of a social constructivist approach to thematic analysis, which produced four themes: (1) “It's loaded with complexity,” which highlights the clinical complexity of clients who disclosed both gambling problems and IPV; (2) “The hidden nature of gambling and IPV,” describing stigma, shame and secrecy attached to both gambling and IPV; (3) “The big thing is putting it on the radar,” which outlined factors in the service context that either enabled client disclosures of IPV or kept it hidden; and (4) “It's everyone's business,” which described current approaches to interagency collaboration, with reference to factors that either limited or facilitated such responses to addressing IPV. (Authors' abstract). Record #8933
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISCLOSURE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HELP SEEKING
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PERPETRATORS
PROBLEM GAMBLING
SUPPORT SERVICES
TREATMENT
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA