Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Social casino gaming and adolescents: Should we be concerned and is regulation in sight?
Published 2015-10-01While gambling has traditionally been viewed as an adult activity, there is a growing body of research that a significant number of adolescents are not only gambling but are experiencing gambling related problems. As ease ...Open AccessArticle -
Virtual addictions: An examination of problematic social casino game use among at-risk gamblers
Published 2015-12-17The overlap of gaming and gambling activities within online digital technologies is of growing relevance to the study of technological addictions. Social casino games are immensely popular ‘free to play’ games that offer ...Open AccessArticle -
An Assessment of the Validity of the Gamblers Belief Questionnaire
Published 2019-05-31Cognitive distortions in gambling are irrational thoughts that cause an individual to overestimate their level of control over the outcome of the game and diminish the role of chance. Due to their strong relation to gambling ...Open AccessArticle -
Technology-Mediated Addictive Behaviors Constitute a Spectrum of Related Yet Distinct Conditions: A Network Perspective
Published 2018-08-01An important ongoing debate in the addiction field is whether certain technology-mediated behaviors constitute tenable and independent constructs. This study investigated whether problematic technology-mediated behaviors ...Open AccessArticle -
The cost of virtual wins: An examination of gambling-related risks in youth who spend money on social casino games
Published 2016-09-01Background and aims Social casino games (SCGs) are not technically considered a form of gambling but they do enable players to spend money in a game that is gambling themed or structurally approximate to gambling. It has ...Open AccessArticle