Impacts of Gambling on Students’ Life, the Case of Eastern Mediterranean University: A Grounded Theory Research

The aim of the research is to investigate the effects on gambling on the users of such activities that are namely students. The research was done with the aid of 10 interviewers that are all students of Eastern Mediterranean University. Grounded Theory approach which is a qualitative research model and was applied into the research true the use of statements collected from 10 semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling was used to gather candidates and their content were taken in the consideration. By result; only those approved the interviews were involved to the research. The commonly shared values of students shown that in the categories of “Academic Life”, “Negative Social Life”, “Family Life”, “Economic Life” and “Health Life”, negative effects were mentioned majorly. On the other hand, “Negatively Effect on Social Life” and “Free Time” have shown somewhat neutral or positives statements regarding to topic