Outputs (34)

Examining the impact of mobile gambling harm minimisation features: a dualistic model of passion perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Whelan, E., Morvannou, A., Ma, X., James, R., Clohessy, T., & Turel, O. (in press). Examining the impact of mobile gambling harm minimisation features: a dualistic model of passion perspective. European Journal of Information Systems, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085x.2024.2396964

Driven by the ubiquity of smartphones, sports gambling has intensified globally. Most mobile gambling apps are mandated to offer harm minimisation features which are IT tools designed to help prevent harmful gambling activity. Existing research on th... Read More about Examining the impact of mobile gambling harm minimisation features: a dualistic model of passion perspective.

Investigating Gambling-Related Suicide (2024)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, A., ROGERS, J., PETROVSKAYA, E., ASHTON, A., BECK, E., RITCHIE, C., TURNBULL, P., JOHAL, G., JAMES, R., PARENTE, T., BOYCE, C., CHAMBERLAIN, S., BOWDEN-JONES, H., WONG, P., & SHARMAN, S. (in press). Investigating Gambling-Related Suicide. Addiction,

Illusion of control or passive superstition? A comparison of two explanations for irrational gambling beliefs (2024)
Journal Article
Monson, A., James, R. J. E., Wootton, R. E., & Newall, P. (in press). Illusion of control or passive superstition? A comparison of two explanations for irrational gambling beliefs. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,

Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index (2024)
Journal Article
James, R. J., Tillsley, J. E., Hitcham, L., Mou, C., Kim, H., & Tunney, R. J. (in press). Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index. Addiction Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2352094

Background
The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is a widely used assessment of disordered gambling. However, it has been claimed that instead of measuring a single factor of problem gambling severity, the PGSI measures two correlated factors o... Read More about Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index.

The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people (2024)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Dawe‐Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024). The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people. Transfusion Medicine, 34(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13032

Background
Need-altruism (a preference to help people in need) and kin-altruism (a preference to help kin over non-kin) underlie two hypotheses for voluntary blood donation: (i) Need-altruism underlies motivations for volunteer blood donation and (i... Read More about The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people.

What’s love got to do with it? Exploring social love and public health (2024)
Journal Article
Forbes, R., Crossley, R., Stevens, A., James, R., Black, M., Foster, C. R., & Such, E. (2024). What’s love got to do with it? Exploring social love and public health. Perspectives in Public Health, 144(3), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231220557

To screen, or not to screen: An experimental comparison of two methods for correlating video game loot box expenditure and problem gambling severity (2023)
Journal Article
Xiao, L. Y., Newall, P., & James, R. J. (2024). To screen, or not to screen: An experimental comparison of two methods for correlating video game loot box expenditure and problem gambling severity. Computers in Human Behavior, 151, Article 108019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108019

Loot boxes are gambling-like products found in video games that players can buy with real-world money to obtain random rewards. A positive correlation between loot box spending and problem gambling severity has been well-replicated. Some researchers... Read More about To screen, or not to screen: An experimental comparison of two methods for correlating video game loot box expenditure and problem gambling severity.

‘No evidence of harm’ implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research (2023)
Journal Article
Newall, P., Allami, Y., Andrade, M., Ayton, P., Baker‐Frampton, R., Bennett, D., …Roberts, A. (2023). ‘No evidence of harm’ implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16369

Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Houghton, S., Boy, F., Bradley, A., James, R., Wardle, H., & Dymond, S. (2023). Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(4), 983-991. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00055

Background: Whilst some research has explored the impact of COVID-19 on gambling behaviour, little is yet known about online search behaviours for gambling during this period. The current study explored gambling-related online searches before, during... Read More about Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis.

The relationship between smartphone use and smartphone addiction: An examination of logged and self-reported behavior in a pre-registered, two-wave sample (2023)
Journal Article
Hitcham, L., Jackson, H., & J.E. James, R. (2023). The relationship between smartphone use and smartphone addiction: An examination of logged and self-reported behavior in a pre-registered, two-wave sample. Computers in Human Behavior, 146, Article 107822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107822

There has been a growing literature that has utilized logged behavior from smartphones to study the impacts of technology use on individuals. One of these proposed impacts has been that people become addicted to their smartphones. Measurements of sma... Read More about The relationship between smartphone use and smartphone addiction: An examination of logged and self-reported behavior in a pre-registered, two-wave sample.