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Aims: In 2002, a new Casinos Act was implemented in Switzerland, which led to increased accessibi... more Aims: In 2002, a new Casinos Act was implemented in Switzerland, which led to increased accessibility of gambling opportunities. This study explored the extent to which the public was indirectly affected by problematic gambling and to which it perceived pathological gambling to be a problem. Method: Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of 706 people aged 18 years or older. The sample was representative of the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Results: The results indicated that people made internal attributions more often than external attributions in their explanations for pathological gambling. In addition, people’s attributions were influenced by their sociodemographic characteristics, indirect embarrassment, and personal experiences with gambling. A comparison between the present results and those from a previous study on people’s attitudes towards substance abuse indicated that heroin addiction was perceived as most problematic. Conclusion: The necessity to incr...
Internet-Bestellungen von TANGRAM und anderen Publikationen der EKR: Pour commander TANGRAM et d'... more Internet-Bestellungen von TANGRAM und anderen Publikationen der EKR: Pour commander TANGRAM et d'autres publications de la CFR par Internet : Per ordinare TANGRAM e altre pubblicazioni della CFR on-line: www.ekr.admin.ch © EKR/CFR Nachdruck von Beiträgen mit Quellenangabe erwünscht; Belegexemplar an die EKR. Reproduction autorisée avec mention de la source ; copie à la CFR. Riproduzione autorizzata con menzione della fonte; copia alla CFR.
Psychology of Violence, 2016
Objective: The present study investigates, for the first time in a wealthy country of Central Eur... more Objective: The present study investigates, for the first time in a wealthy country of Central Europe, the prevalence of poly-victimization (exposure to multiple forms of victimization within the past year) in an adolescent population. It further examines associations between single victimization types (such as sexual or physical assaults) with emotional and social functioning when poly-victimization is controlled for. Method: Data from a large and near-representative national school survey in Switzerland (N = 6,749, 52.2% male, M age = 15.5 years) were examined using descriptive and multiple regression analysis. Results: When poly-victimization was controlled for, individual victimization types showed largely diminished association with emotional and social functioning measures. Particularly weak associations were found for physical and sexual victimizations. By contrast, emotional assaults (including emotional bullying by peers and emotional abuse by parents) and maltreatment by parents retained the strongest links with levels of functioning. This general pattern of results held even when chronic individual victimization types were considered. Conclusions: Many previous studies may have underestimated adolescents’ capacities to cope with physical and sexual victimizations where these experiences happen in an otherwise functional environment. Meanwhile, concurrent exposure to multiple kinds of victimization serves as a strong indicator of declined emotional and social functioning. Taken together, the findings embolden practitioners in general to avoid the pitfalls of overspecialization and to promote holistic treatment approaches toward adolescent victims of violence. In the Swiss context, professionals working with vulnerable children and youth may feel encouraged to overcome the fragmentarization of services that currently characterizes the children and youth welfare system in this country.
INTRODUCTION 2 THE MARKET - ORGANISATION DICHOTOMY 4 A DIFFERENT APPROACH: CO-OPERATIVE CONTRA RE... more INTRODUCTION 2 THE MARKET - ORGANISATION DICHOTOMY 4 A DIFFERENT APPROACH: CO-OPERATIVE CONTRA RECIPROCATIVE INTERACTION 7 APPLICATION: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 11 REFERENCES 14
Aims: In 2002, a new Casinos Act was implemented in Switzerland, which led to increased accessibi... more Aims: In 2002, a new Casinos Act was implemented in Switzerland, which led to increased accessibility of gambling opportunities. This study explored the extent to which the public was indirectly affected by problematic gambling and to which it perceived pathological gambling to be a problem. Method: Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of 706 people aged 18 years or older. The sample was representative of the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Results: The results indicated that people made internal attributions more often than external attributions in their explanations for pathological gambling. In addition, people’s attributions were influenced by their sociodemographic characteristics, indirect embarrassment, and personal experiences with gambling. A comparison between the present results and those from a previous study on people’s attitudes towards substance abuse indicated that heroin addiction was perceived as most problematic. Conclusion: The necessity to incr...
Internet-Bestellungen von TANGRAM und anderen Publikationen der EKR: Pour commander TANGRAM et d'... more Internet-Bestellungen von TANGRAM und anderen Publikationen der EKR: Pour commander TANGRAM et d'autres publications de la CFR par Internet : Per ordinare TANGRAM e altre pubblicazioni della CFR on-line: www.ekr.admin.ch © EKR/CFR Nachdruck von Beiträgen mit Quellenangabe erwünscht; Belegexemplar an die EKR. Reproduction autorisée avec mention de la source ; copie à la CFR. Riproduzione autorizzata con menzione della fonte; copia alla CFR.
Psychology of Violence, 2016
Objective: The present study investigates, for the first time in a wealthy country of Central Eur... more Objective: The present study investigates, for the first time in a wealthy country of Central Europe, the prevalence of poly-victimization (exposure to multiple forms of victimization within the past year) in an adolescent population. It further examines associations between single victimization types (such as sexual or physical assaults) with emotional and social functioning when poly-victimization is controlled for. Method: Data from a large and near-representative national school survey in Switzerland (N = 6,749, 52.2% male, M age = 15.5 years) were examined using descriptive and multiple regression analysis. Results: When poly-victimization was controlled for, individual victimization types showed largely diminished association with emotional and social functioning measures. Particularly weak associations were found for physical and sexual victimizations. By contrast, emotional assaults (including emotional bullying by peers and emotional abuse by parents) and maltreatment by parents retained the strongest links with levels of functioning. This general pattern of results held even when chronic individual victimization types were considered. Conclusions: Many previous studies may have underestimated adolescents’ capacities to cope with physical and sexual victimizations where these experiences happen in an otherwise functional environment. Meanwhile, concurrent exposure to multiple kinds of victimization serves as a strong indicator of declined emotional and social functioning. Taken together, the findings embolden practitioners in general to avoid the pitfalls of overspecialization and to promote holistic treatment approaches toward adolescent victims of violence. In the Swiss context, professionals working with vulnerable children and youth may feel encouraged to overcome the fragmentarization of services that currently characterizes the children and youth welfare system in this country.
INTRODUCTION 2 THE MARKET - ORGANISATION DICHOTOMY 4 A DIFFERENT APPROACH: CO-OPERATIVE CONTRA RE... more INTRODUCTION 2 THE MARKET - ORGANISATION DICHOTOMY 4 A DIFFERENT APPROACH: CO-OPERATIVE CONTRA RECIPROCATIVE INTERACTION 7 APPLICATION: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 11 REFERENCES 14