İlk Adımdan Özgürleşmeye: Erkek Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sanal Kumar Deneyimleri

Abstract

Teknolojik gelişmelerle birlikte sanal kumar giderek yaygınlaşmakta ve özellikle genç erkekler için önemli bir risk oluşturmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, söz konusu riskin bütüncül biçimde anlaşılabilmesi amacıyla bu araştırma, erkek üniversite öğrencilerinin sanal kumar oynama deneyimlerini derinlemesine incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma desenlerinden olgubilim yöntemi kullanılmış; ölçüt ve kartopu örnekleme yoluyla sanal kumar deneyimi olan sekiz erkek öğrenciyle yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Görüşme verileri deşifre edilerek NVivo programı aracılığıyla içerik analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Bulgular, katılımcıların çoğunun sanal kumara 18 yaşından önce, özellikle ortaokul ve lise dönemlerinde başladığını göstermektedir. Sanal kumara yönelmede arkadaş çevresi ve sosyal medya temel belirleyiciler olarak öne çıkarken, ekonomik kazanç ve merak ve spor ilgisi gibi duyuşsal etmenlerin de güçlü motivasyon kaynakları olduğu görülmüştür. Deneme amaçlı başlayan kumar davranışını zamanla bir alışkanlığa dönüştüğü ve katılımcıların yaşamlarında ekonomik kayıplar, duygusal dalgalanmalar, sosyal ilişkilerde bozulmalar ve akademik güçlükler gibi çok boyutlu olumsuz etkilere yol açtığı bulgulanmıştır. Sanal kumarı bırakma süreçlerinde dini inançlar, kumar sistemine ilişkin farkındalık ve geleceğe dönük düşünceler önemli destekleyici faktörler olurken; akranların oynamaya devam etmesi, “ya tutarsa” gibi düşünceler ve davranışın kontrol altında olduğu inancı bırakmayı zorlaştıran unsurlar olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak, sanal kumar erkek üniversite öğrencilerinin yaşamlarında çok boyutlu bir risk alanı olarak görülmektedir. Bulgular doğrultusunda, üniversitelerde öğrencilere finansal destek sağlanması, sanal kumar oyunlarına ilişkin farkındalıklarının artırılması ve sosyal destek ve alternatif boş zaman etkinliklerinin geliştirilmesine yönelik müdahaleler önerilebilir.

Keywords

• sanal kumar
• üniversite öğrencileri
• erkek öğrenciler

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma için etik onay, Gazi Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü Etik Komisyonu’nun 25.03.2025 tarihli ve 05 sayılı toplantısında 2025-509 protokol numarası ile alınmıştır.

Thanks

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From First Click to Breaking Free: Male University Students’ Experiences with Online Gambling

Abstract

With technological advances, online gambling is becoming increasingly widespread and poses a significant risk, particularly for young men. To gain a comprehensive understanding of this risk, this study aimed to examine the online gambling experiences of male university students. A phenomenological design was employed, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight male students with online gambling experience, recruited through criterion and snowball sampling. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis with NVivo. The findings show that most participants started online gambling before the age of 18, particularly during middle and high school. Peer groups and social media emerged as major influences on engagement, while financial gain and affective factors such as curiosity and interest in sports were also strong motivations. Gambling behavior gradually developed into a habit and lead to multidimensional negative effects on participants' lives, including economic losses, emotional fluctuations, social and academic difficulties. Religious beliefs, awareness of the gambling system, and future-oriented thoughts are important supporting factors in quitting process, while peers continuing to gamble, thoughts such as “what if it works,” and the illusion of control are factors that make quitting difficult. Overall, online gambling represents a multidimensional risk in the lives of students. Accordingly, interventions may include providing financial support, increasing awareness about online gambling, and strengthening social support and alternative leisure activities at universities.

Keywords

• online gambling
• university students
• male students

Ethical Statement

Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Presidency of Gazi University at its meeting dated 25 March 2025 (Meeting No. 05), under the protocol number 2025-509.

Thanks

We sincerely thank all participants for their candid and meaningful contributions to this study.

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