Poster Session

We, at ICRG, would like to thank everyone that participated in this year’s online poster session.  It has been a trying last couple of years, and although we couldn’t see the posters in person, research doesn’t stop and we were able to learn via online presentations. 

 

Additionally, we would like to announce the winners of poster awards for 2021:

 

Honorable Mention: “Preparing Massachusetts treatment providers for gambling expansion: Initial observations from a statewide needs assessment and capacity building program”- Kira A. Landauer, Amy Flynn, Caitlyn S. Fong, Tamika R. Francis, Ivy Schmalzried, Elizabeth Bice, Amanda Ayers, Debi A. LaPlante, Heather M. Gray Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School

 

Abstract: Like many places around the world, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is undergoing a period of gambling expansion. Increased availability of gambling opportunities, both land-based and online, might contribute to an increase in the prevalence of problem gambling and health workforce, who already provide care for common co-occurring conditions including substance use disorders and other mental health conditions, must be prepared to screen for and manage problem gambling among their clientele. To that end, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Office of Problem Gambling Services partnered with Health Resources in Action and the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance to build the capacity of substance use outpatient treatment programs in Massachusetts to address problem gambling and co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, and to reduce health disparities associated with the delivery of those services in their communities. This poster will review the Massachusetts

Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment’s (MTAC) first year of activity. First, we will review findings from a statewide needs assessment designed to identify treatment providers’ most pressing needs as they relate to integrating problem gambling treatment into their portfolio of services in a way that reduces or eliminates persistent healthcare disparities. Twenty-six programs, each with an average of 1,798 patients, completed a needs assessment survey and a subset completed individual structured interviews. Questions were focused on whether and how programs screen for, assess, and treat problem gambling among their

patients. Programs also answered questions about organizational-level factors that have the potential to impact their problem gambling treatment services, including recruitment and retention of staff, training, collection and use of data, marketing and promotion of services, and organizational culture. Second, we will describe the development of individualized TA plans created in collaboration with outpatient programs and centered on health equity. Finally, more broadly, we will describe challenges, successes, and planned next steps of this collaboration.

 

Most Outstanding Poster: “Should I stay or should I go: Feeling both optimistic for recovery and nostalgic for gambling heightens ambivalence and likelihood of relapse”- Mackenzie Dowson, Michael J. A. Wohl, Melissa M. Salmon, Isabella R. L. Bossom, Nassim Tabri, Carleton University

 

Abstract: A growing body of research has demonstrated that nostalgic reverie (i.e., sentimental longing) for the pre-addicted self readies people living with a gambling disorder for change. However, there may be a potential dark side to nostalgia among those in recovery. In this novel research, we recruited a sample of 304 (Male= 172; Female=132) people in recovery from disordered gambling (recruited via CloudResearch) and assessed them on nostalgia for gambling and optimism for a gambling-free future. Specifically, we predicted and found support for the idea that nostalgia for gambling (e.g., reminiscing about emotional and or behavioural aspects of gambling) is associated with greater ambivalence about the recovery process and greater likelihood of having experienced a relapse. We also found support for the idea that although optimism about one’s recovery is negatively associated with ambivalence about the recovery process, those who feel both nostalgic about the past and optimistic about the future report the greatest amount of ambivalence. Results suggest that treatment providers should examine the extent to which their clients nostalgize about gambling and work to undermine such sentiments, particularly among those who express confidence in their recovery process.

 

 

 

 

 

Discover New Research on Gambling!

 

Virtual Conference Poster Session October 4-7, 2021

 

ICRG 2021 Virtual Conference Poster Submissions

 

Poster Presentations are available to view on our YouTube Channel Here

What prompts gamblers and loved ones to contact a gambling helpline

Anthony Sciola1, Jeffrey Derevensky1, Loredana Marchica,1,2 Jennifer Kruse3

1. International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors, McGill University

2. The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Department of Psychology

3. The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling

View Poster Here
 

Behavioural Impulsivity, Neurochemistry, and Gambling Severity

K. Weidacker, S. Johnston, P. Mullins, F.Boy, & S. Dymond

 

1. Swansea University

View Poster Here

 

"Just one more game": Psychometric validation of the Risky Loot Box Index and the GamCog in gamblers and gamers

Erika Puiras, Micaela Sheinin, Casey Oliver, Shayna Cummings, & Dwight Mazmanian

 

1. Department of Psychology, Lakehead University

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Externalizing and internalizing problem pathways to youth gambling: A longitudinal study across childhood and adolescence

Jérémie Richard1.2 Caroline Temcheff 1.2, Émilie Fletcher 1,2, Annie Lemieux2, Jeffrey Derevensky 1,2, Michèle Déry3

 

1. International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

2. Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

3. Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 

View Poster Here

 

Preparing Massachusetts treatment providers for gambling expansion: Initial observations from a statewide needs assessment and capacity building program

Kira Landauer.1 Amy Flynn2, Caitlyn Fong 1, Tamika Francis2, Ivy Schmalzried2, Elizabeth Bice 2 , Amanda Ayers2, Debi A. Laplante1,3, Heather M. Gray1,3

 

1. Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance 

2. Health Resources in Action

3. Harvard Medical School

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View Poster Here

 

 

An Examination of Alcohol, Nicotine, and Marijuana Use by Ethnicity Among Treatment

Abraham Caballero

 

1. UCLA Gambling Studies Program

View Poster Here

Examining the Co-occurrence of Anxiety in a Community-based Sample of People who Gamble

Molly Fraser1, Dr. Daniel McGrath2, Dr. David Hodgins2, and Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim3

 

1. Department of Psychology, Laurentian University

2. Department of Psychology, University of Calgary

3. Department of Psychology, Addictions and Mental Health Lab, Ryerson University.

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Do the perceived causes of gambling addiction differ from substance use and other behavioral addictions? A qualitative study of people with lived experiences

Lindsey Snaychuk1, Sophie Coelho1, Sierra Longpre2, Taylor Lefevbre3 ,Nick Kerman4, Nassim Tabri2, Hyoun S. (Andrew) Kim1

 

1. Ryerson University, Toronto, ON 

2. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON 

3. Queens University, Kingston, ON.

4. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON

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Testing the gender gap in publications and citations in gambling research and addiction science

Eliscia Siu-Lin Liang Sinclair1 and Luke Clark1,2 

 

1. Centre for Gambling Research at UBC, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2. Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

View Poster Here

 

The International Gaming Institute’s Payments Research Collaborative

Kasra Ghaharian1,2, Brett Arbarbanel1,2,3, Shane Kraus4,5, Alan Feldman1, Jennifer Shatley1, Bo Bernhard1,2,6 

 

1. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, International Gaming Institute 

2. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William F. Harrah Hotel College 

3. University of Sydney, Australia

4. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Psychology

5. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Medicine

6. University of Nevada, Reno

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Awareness of Losses Disguised as Wins in High-Risk VLT Players

Olivia Turner1,2,  Iris Balodis1,2, Candice Muir3, James MacKillop1,2, Alex Price4

 

1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON,Canada

2. Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

3. Department of Psychology, Gambling Research Lab, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON 

4. Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices, Responsible Gambling Council

View Poster Here
 

Should I Stay or Should I Go: Feeling Both Optimistic for Recovery and Nostalgic for Gambling Heightens Ambivalence and Likelihood of Relapse

Mackenzie E. Dowson, Michael J. A. Wohl, Melissa M. Salmon, Isabella R. L. Bossom, Nassim Tabri

 

1. Carleton University

View Poster Here

 

Any questions should be directed to Program Officer Shayna Adams at sadams@icrg.org

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2020 Virtual Poster Session Award Announcement

 

The ICRG would like to thank those that participated in this year’s 2020 Virtual Poster Session, hosted on Twitter.

 

We would like to congratulate Tori Horn, from The University of Memphis, for her Outstanding Poster Award for best poster in this year’s session.  Tori Horn’s poster, “Does alcohol consumption increase risk-taking while gambling?  A systematic review and meta-analysis” can be found at https://twitter.com/2020Icrg. 

 

We would also like to extend a thank you to the Poster Session Award review panel: Jeremiah Weinstock, St. Louis University and Michael Wohl, Carleton University for their hard work and assistance in picking this year’s winner.

 

 

Posters for viewing (check back often as the list continues to grow):

 

Cooper, Sarah  @sarahecooper23.

Treatment Availability for gambling disorder is sparse nationally with gaps in availability being further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic

Rutgers University

 

Cummings, Shayna @NOGResearchHub   

Development of a gambling knowledge test for adults

Lakehead University

 

Etuk, Repairer

Sports Betting around the world: A systematic review

UNLV

 

Horn, Tori  @tori_horn106

Does alcohol consumption increase risk-taking while gambling?  A systematic review and meta-analysis

The University of Memphis

 

King, Anthony  @gamelab12020822

Risk factors of problem gaming and gambling in US emerging adult non-students: The role of loot boxes, microtransactions, and risk-taking

UNLV

 

Li, Qian   @GamblingClinic

“Play Responsibly”: Consumers’ attention to and understanding of warning messages scratch off lottery tickets

The University of Memphis

 

McPhail, Abby   @AbbyMcP

Wagering under the influence of cannabis: Exploring the correlates among frequent gamblers

University of Memphis

 

Mora-Maltas, Bernat  @MoraMaltas 

Underlying mechanisms in the comorbid profile of videogame addiction with gambling disorder

Bellvitge University

 

Mestre-Bach, Gemma  @GemmaMB2

Youth and gambling disorder: What about criminal behavior?

Bellvitge University

 

Quintero, Gabriel  @GQUINTEROG2008

Review of the prevalences, characteristics and facilitators of sports betting in different populations

Florida State University

Stark, Sasha  @SashaStarkPhD

Examining gender differences in gambling problems and concerns among parents in Ontario

Responsible Gambling Council

 

Tang, Karen   @KarenTang_

Gambling disorder with and without a comorbid behavioural addiction: Differences in demographic and clinical characteristics

Dalhousie University

 

Valencia-Mendoza, Eduardo @EduValenciano

Suicidal behavior in patients with gambling disorder and their response to psychological treatment: the role of Gender and gambling preference

Bellvitge University