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The dark side of authenticity: Feeling “real” while gambling interacts with enhancement motives to predict problematic gambling behavior

Author(s): Lister, Jamey J. ; Wohl, Michael J. A. ; Davis, Christopher G.
Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2014
Created Date: May 11, 2017

RESEARCH QUESTION Do feelings of authenticity and enhancement motivation interact to predict the frequency and outcomes of gambling? PURPOSE Research...

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Shared characteristics and genetics between obsessive-compulsive disorder and pathological gambling

Author(s): Scherrer, Jeffrey F. ; Xian, Hong ; Slutske, Wendy S. ; Eisen, Seth A. ; Potenza, Marc N.
Journal: JAMA Psychiatry
Year Published: 2015
Created Date: June 16, 2016

Pathological gambling (PG) shares characteristics with both obsessive-compulsive (OC) disorder and addictive disorders. There is debate around how to classify...

Reports

What if there were no problem gamblers?

Author(s): Dickerson, Mark
Publisher: University of Western Sydney
Year Published: 2003
Created Date: April 09, 2015

Some with marketing backgrounds argue that sales and other data about the leisure entertainment product of gambling looked like the distribution for any other...

Reports

Australian teens and poker: Gambling prevalence, influences and implications

Author(s): Kalé, Sudhir H.
Publisher: Office of Gaming and Racing, Victorian Government Department of Justice
Year Published: 2001
Created Date: April 09, 2015

This research investigates gambling prevalence and poker gambling among Victorian teenagers based on an online survey of 2,000 respondents. It reports...

Reports

A decade of gambling research in Australia and New Zealand (1992- 2002): Implications for policy, regulation and harm minimisation

Author(s): Delfabbro, Paul H. ; LeCouteur, Amanda
Publisher: Independent Gambling Authority
Year Published: 2003
Created Date: April 09, 2015

This report provides a comprehensive summary of Australian and New Zealand gambling research conducted in the period 1992-2002. The report is divided into five...

funded research

Do Ontario and its gaming venues owe a duty of care to problem gamblers?

Author(s): Sasso, William V. ; Kalajdzic, Jasminka
Year Published: 2006
Year Completed: 2006
Created Date: May 19, 2015

This study examined whether the Ontario government could be found responsible at law for the harm suffered by problem gamblers in the province's casinos and...

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What responsible gambling features reduce gambling-related harm in online poker?

Author(s): Parke, Adrian ; Griffiths, Mark D.
Journal: Journal of Risk Research
Year Published: 2016
Created Date: October 03, 2016

Online gambling, including online poker, is a growing industry. The online gambling industry has a social responsibility to protect people from potential harm...

Conferences and Presentations

Trauma and gambling problems: Antecedent or consequences?

Author(s): Broffman, Thomas E.
Publisher: Boston College
Year Published: 2001
Created Date: April 09, 2015

Explores a recent study examining the relationship between trauma and gambling problems among 100 gamblers in outpatient treatment. The study is significant, as...

Reports

The legalization of gambling in Canada

Author(s): Campbell, Colin S. ; Hartnagel, Timothy F. ; Smith, Garry J.
Publisher: Law Commission Canada
Year Published: 2005
Created Date: June 02, 2015

The Legalization of Gambling in Canada reviews the transformed status of gambling in modern Canadian society, with particular emphasis on the social, political,...

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The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between gambling and adverse childhood experiences

Author(s): Poole, Julia C. ; Kim, Hyoun S. ; Dobson, Keith S. ; Hodgins, David C.
Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2017
Created Date: July 10, 2017

Previous studies have shown that people with a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are more likely to have disordered gambling when they are adults....

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