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Trends in Research of Gambling in Korea
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Abstract
The goal of this study is to examine the trends in research related to gambling in Korea, and providedirections for future research. A total of 335 studies from 1988 to June, 2016 were extracted fromdomestic and international Master's and Ph.D. theses, academic journals, conference, and research reportsusing six search engines, and the trends of the research in this topic were analyzed. The study drew anumber of conclusions following the analysis. First, the number of studies regarding gambling has rapidlyincreased since 2003, and more of them were focused on quantitative studies. Second, there weresubstantially more studies on the members of general public than addicts as many were focused on bothmen and women, college students and adulthood. Third, most quantitative studies set gambling addictionas a variable, and correlation analysis and regression analysis were the most frequently conducted analysismethods. Many of qualitative studies focused on addiction and the recovery process, and most frequentlyperformed phenomenological analysis to derive the results. Fourth, the most frequently used gamblingscreening scale was CPGI. Fifth, the most frequent personal variables most frequently linked to gamblingwere depression and anxiety, the most common environmental variables were gambling habits and problemsof parents, and gambling accessibility; variables related to gambling itself were motive and irrational faithin gambling. Based on these results, suggestions were made for future research; limitations of this studyare also discussed.