The Dostoevsky Effect: Problem Gambling And The Origins Of Addiction

A Team Of University Of Toronto Sociologists Examined Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Life To Determine The Origins Of His Gambling Addiction And Draw Interesting Parallels With The Experience Of Modern Day Gamblers That They Interviewed And Took Bibliographical Accounts From In Their Study Of Toronto Area Residents. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Gambling In The Life Of Dostoevsky -- 1.an Introduction To Dostoevsky's Life -- 2.gambling In Nineteenth-century Russia -- 3.what Do Dostoevsky's Novels Tell Us? -- 4.explanations Of Dostoevsky's Gambling -- Pt. Ii The Dostoevsky Process-today -- 5.childhood Distress -- 6.adult Stresses -- 7.maladaptive Coping -- 8.how Gambling Makes Life Worse -- Pt. Iii Non-dostoevskian Processes -- 9.opportunity And Acceptability -- 10.learning At Home And In The Community -- 11.how Do Non-problem Gambling Families Compare? -- Pt. Iv Conclusions And Implications -- 12.the Gambler, Then And Now -- 13.lessons From And For Dostoevsky -- 14.implications Of This Research For Gambling Policy And Childrearing. Lorne Tepperman ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [339]-349) And Index.