Natacha Brunelle

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · Département de Psychoéducation

While it is well recognized that gambling behaviours are shaped by the contexts in which they occur, less research has investigated the relationship between poker and substance use (i.e., alcohol and other drugs). The current study explores poker players’ perceptions of the relationship between substance use and gambling. This qualitative descripti...

A common public health initiative in many jurisdictions is provision of advice to people to limit gambling to reduce the risk of gambling-related harm. The purpose of this study is to use consistent methodology with existing population-based prevalence surveys of gambling and related harms from different countries to identify quantitative limits fo...

Until now, there has been no evidence-based, specific advice for people who gamble who want to reduce their risk of experiencing gambling harms. This paper presents the results from the first large-scale, comprehensive, international project to develop lower-risk gambling guidelines. Specifically, we calculated relative risk estimates to determine...

This article examines the effect of gambling location on the frequency, expenditure, and time spent on cash game poker in relation to individual characteristics of gamblers. Data were drawn from a 2012 Québec epidemiological gambling survey. The quantitative analysis used multilevel methods to model the dual-level hierarchical design of gambling lo...

Background and Aims Few meta‐analyses have been conducted to pool the most constant risk factors for problem gambling. The present meta‐analysis summarizes effect sizes of the most frequently assessed problem gambling risk factors, ranks them according to effect size strength, and identifies any differences in effects across genders. Method A ra...

There is limited research exploring the perceptions of people who gamble on the self-control strategies used to limit their gambling. This qualitative study examines self-control strategies used to limit money spent gambling, frequency of gambling, and time spent gambling. A total of 56 people who gamble (27 males and 29 females) participated in ni...

An increasing number of clinical and empirical studies document the coping strategies used by partners of pathological gamblers (PGs). A postulate for this is that they may be useful for dealing with their partner’s problematic gambling behaviors. Despite a widespread endorsement of this postulate, no study has yet documented their effectiveness: d...

There is little research on the control strategies used by the general public to self-manage gambling habits and avoid harmful consequences. The current study sought to identify the most common self-control strategies of people who gamble regularly, the characteristics of those who use them, and assess the effectiveness of limit-setting strategies...

Despite the popularity in poker-related activities in recent years, few studies have focused on the evolution of gambling habits of poker players over a long period of time. The aim of this study is to examine factors influencing trajectories of poker players. The results are based on data collected at a four-time measurement of a prospective cohor...

Online poker is considered more at-risk than land-based poker in terms of intense gambling behaviors and gambling problems. The development of many online gambling sites has raised public health concerns about the potential increase in online poker players. Longitudinal studies are useful to better understand the evolution of gambling behaviors; ho...

The purpose of this chapter is to show the importance of intersectorality in partnerships to successfully understand and influence the processes of crime desistance and of social and community (re)integration of people subject to judicial control. It begins with an outline of the “what works” and “how it works” movements and provides tools to help...

For the last 20 years, poker has been one of the most popular forms of gambling for adults. Although various studies have demonstrated the specific characteristics of these players, few studies have focused on teenagers playing poker. However, a better understanding of this activity among this vulnerable group would help to develop more effective s...

La croissance d’Internet dans les dernières décennies a eu de nombreux avantages, mais présente aussi des risques, dont le développement d’une dépendance à Internet. Afin de prévenir les méfaits associés à l’utilisation intensive d’Internet, quelques programmes de prévention ont été développés en Asie et en Europe. Jusqu’à présent, les premières ét...

This poster details the opinion of 51 Quebec young adults on what should be done to prevent internet addiction.

Studies suggest that youth who are exposed to their first gambling experience at an earlier age are at increased risk of developing problems. However, studies reporting age of onset of gambling exposure as a risk factor for gambling problems are cross-sectional by design and the relationship between both variables are sometimes inferred over extend...

How can adopting mixed methods enhance understanding ? The use of mixed methods requires examples of how this approach is applied so that related challenges can be identified. However, only a few studies on gambling have ventured to provide any examples and illustrated the integration process. Using the example of a sequential mixed-methods study o...

A railway accident which occurred in Lac-Megantic in Quebec, Canada, caused disruption for an entire community. This study examines the psychosocial difficulties in a group of exposed adolescents aged between 11 to 17, nine months after the tragedy. The analyses were conducted on a sample of 515 adolescents, attending high school, and living near t...

Poker playing is a concern because of the large amounts of money spent and the high prevalence of gambling problems. Few studies have taken an interest in poker players’ (PPs’) perspectives. The goal of this qualitative study was to describe PPs’ perceptions of the change in their poker playing and to compare their perception to the variation in th...

The concept of passion is relevant to understanding gambling behaviours and gambling problems. Longitudinal studies are useful to better understand the absence and development of gambling problems; however, only one study has specifically considered poker players. Using a longitudinal design, this study aims to determine the influence, 1 year later...

La passion est étudiée depuis une quinzaine d’années chez les joueurs de jeu de hasard et d’argent. Elle comprend deux formes, soit la passion obsessive (PO) qui est contrôlante et la passion harmonieuse (PH) qui laisse de la place à d’autres activités du joueur. Les études transversales associent la PO aux problèmes de jeu, ce qui n’est pas le cas...

People living with pathological gamblers (PGs) have to endure the negative consequences of their problem gambling. It is known that the partners of PGs will develop adaptation strategies to cope with gambling behaviour. However, research conducted on the topic is still in its early stages. The goal of this study was to draw up a portrait of the str...

Discussing illegal drugs without taking into account its criminal context is a difficult proposition. Certain questions come back repeatedly: Does doing drugs really lead to delinquency? Do some drugs have criminal properties? Why would a drug addict turn to crime? What are the best methods of intervention in dealing with individuals who have serio...

La passion est étudiée depuis une quinzaine d’années chez les joueurs de jeu de hasard et d’argent. Elle comprend deux formes, soit la passion obsessive (PO) qui est contrôlante et la passion harmonieuse (PH) qui laisse de la place à d’autres activités du joueur. Les études transversales associent la PO aux problèmes de jeu, ce qui n’est pas le cas...

Substance addiction in young adults is particularly problematic. Yet, much remain at stake in understanding the specifics of this population’s access to services. The objective of this study is to explore young adults’ initiation of substance abuse treatment. Our study sample was composed of 35 individuals aged 18 to 30 with problematic psychoactiv...

Le taux moyen mondial pour la prévalence du jeu pathologique serait évalué à environ 2,3% (Williams et al., 2012). Outre les conséquences néfastes dans la vie des joueurs pathologiques (JP), la partenaire amoureuse est aussi confrontée à ces comportements problématiques de jeux de hasard et d’argent (JHA) et à ses effets délétères (Kourgiantakis et...

Substance addiction in young adults is particularly problematic. Yet, much remain at stake in understanding the specifics of this population’s access to services. The objective of this study is to explore young adults’ initiation of substance misuse treatment. Our study sample was composed of 35 individuals aged 18 to 30 with problematic psychoacti...

People with mental disorders (MD) have high rates of substance use problems (SUP) that are undertreated and understudied despite their adverse outcomes. The objective of this study is to examine barriers and facilitators that influence help-seeking to addiction treatment from the perspective of people with co-occurring MD and SUP. Forty-three indiv...

Digital technology advances have supported an expansion of gambling activities, which is notable via the advent of simulated gambling games. Simulated gambling reproduces ‘real’ gambling activities, which enables the users to gamble without investing money. According to research evidence, a certain number of adolescents are playing with these games...

The concept of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) continues to raise many questions. While some researchers are interested in all activities on the Internet, others focus on one or two forms of activities when it comes to PIU assessment. Before ruling out the importance of specific activities, it is necessary to assess the contribution of each activity...

L’adolescence est souvent le berceau de plusieurs conduites déviantes cooccurrentes. La consommation de substances psychoactives (SPA) et la délinquance figurent parmi ces conduites et entretiennent des liens multiples et parfois complexes. Cette étude vise à explorer le modèle drogue-délinquance économico-compulsif auprès des jeunes. Plus précisém...

Previous research has shown that poker players spend significant time, large amounts of money and have a high prevalence of gambling problems. While some studies have examined the association between gambling behaviours and passion, none have explored this association specifically among poker players. This study aims to examine the relationships be...

Poster presented at the Discovery meeting of the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC), Toronto (Canada).

À ce jour, la littérature brosse un portrait assez exhaustif des conséquences négatives vécues par les partenaires de joueurs pathologiques (JP), lesquelles générant une source de stress considérable. Il est reconnu que les partenaires utilisent un amalgame de stratégies d’adaptation pour faire face aux habitudes de jeux de hasard et d’argent (JHA)...

La consommation de substances psychoactives (SPA) et la participation à des jeux de hasard et d’argent (JHA) font partie des conduites à risque à l’adolescence. Certaines études montrent que le fait de jouer à des JHA et celui d’éprouver des problèmes de JHA sont associés aux problèmes de consommation de SPA chez les jeunes, mais elles documentent...

Recovery from drug abuse is a complex process in which motivation is central. The focus of this article is on drug-dependent people's experiences with sources that influence their motivation to change. The sample in our study was comprised of 127 drug-dependent adults identified in criminal courts, hospital emergency departments and Health and Soci...

Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude exploratoire qui visait à étudier la propension à la prise de risque d’un échantillon d’étudiantes québécoises de niveau postsecondaire âgées entre 18 et 30 ans et à comparer cette propension en fonction de variables sociodémographiques (âge, statut civil, milieu de vie, niveau de scolarité). L’échanti...

Comment un consommateur de substances psychoactives est-il amené à s’inscrire dans une trajectoire addictive ? Quel en est le développement ? Comment en sort-on ? Dans quelles circonstances de son parcours la personne toxicomane aura-t-elle recours à l’un ou l’autre des services offerts au Québec et quelle sera sa trajectoire de services ? Quelles...

Poker is the gambling game that is currently gaining the most in popularity. However, there is little information on poker players' characteristics and risk factors. Furthermore, the first studies described poker players, often recruited in universities, as an homogeneous group who played in only one of the modes (land based or on the Internet). Th...

A total of 726 youths presenting a severe addiction were evaluated at the time of their request for services in an addiction rehabilitation center. Results show that the more delinquent youths have a more severe profile of substance use, thus confirming the strong association between psychoactive substance (PAS) use severity and delinquency. Girls...

Previous research has documented associations of addiction with delinquency and psychological problems. However, few studies have evaluated their influence on adolescent's drug use trajectories. The current study aims to examine the influence of these factors on the recovery trajectories of 199 youths aged 15.6 years on average admitted to inpatien...

Parental involvement in adolescents' substance abuse treatment is highly recommended, even though the mechanisms explaining how this favors youths' recovery are not well understood. The present study examines the association between (1) changes in adolescents' substance use and parenting practices, as measured by adolescent self-disclosure and pare...

Le poker est le jeu de hasard et d’argent ayant connu la plus grande progression dans les dernières années. Certains joueurs de poker québécois investissent beaucoup de temps et d’argent dans cette activité. Or, les motivations sont étroitement liées aux habitudes de jeu et même à la sévérité des conséquences qui y sont associées. Des entrevues sem...

This article presents a comparative study of 317 male and 176 female Canadian penitentiary inmates and considers the impact of incarceration on their substance use pathways. Ten men’s and 5 women’s penitentiaries were visited across Canada as part of two successive studies. The 493 respondents completed a questionnaire on their substance use habits...

This study aimed to assess covariates of drug use trajectories among 102 adolescents admitted to a drug user treatment program between November 2005 and November 2006 in Québec, Canada. The influences of mental health, therapeutic alliance, and treatment persistence were examined. The Addiction Severity Index was used to measure drug use severity a...

Internet gambling among adolescents is a growing phenomenon that has received little attention to date. This study examines associations between Internet gambling and the severity of gambling, substance use (SU), and delinquent behavior among 1,870 Quebec students aged 14 to 18. The results show a higher proportion of Internet-gambling (IG) student...

Présentement, le jeu de hasard et d’argent (JHA) gagnant le plus de popularité est le poker. Malgré les nombreux adeptes, peu de données scientifiques sur les habitudes de jeu des joueurs de poker et sur leur perception de ce loisir sont disponibles. Afin de décrire la perception qu’ont les joueurs de poker de leur activité, des entretiens qualitat...

Plusieurs auteurs ont montré que les personnes qui s’adonnent à des jeux de hasard et d’argent (JHA) sont plus impliquées dans la délinquance que les non-joueurs et qu’il y a une association entre la gravité des habitudes de JHA et la gravité de la délinquance. Toutefois, les connaissances actuelles sont limitées en ce qui concerne ce lien chez les...

Les comportements suicidaires ne sont que peu consideres dans le traitement de la toxicomanie chez les adolescents. Les connaissances des particularites liees a leur processus de retablissement et a leur perception des services recus sont tres limitees, mais elles sont necessaires afin de leur offrir des services mieux adaptes a leur realite. Cette...

La victimisation sexuelle est considérée comme un des facteurs de risque au développement de problèmes de consommation de substances. Jusqu’à présent, très peu d’études se sont intéressées aux liens pouvant exister entre la victimisation sexuelle et le rétablissement des adolescents en centre de traitement pour problème de consommation. Cette étude...

Depuis les annees 2000, on estime que de 5 % a 8 % des jeunes Quebecois eprouvent des difficultes importantes de consommation de substances psychoactives (SPA), ce qui pose la question cruciale des traitements de ces problemes. Cet article propose d’abord un survol des principaux services offerts aux jeunes et des facteurs, lies ou non au traitemen...

L’industrie des jeux de hasard et d’argent a connu un essor important au cours des dernières années. Parallèlement, les gouvernements ont beaucoup investi dans la recherche et le développement de programmes de traitement afin d’aider les joueurs aux prises avec un problème de jeu. Bien que l’offre de traitement soit diversifiée, on ne dispose pas a...

L’ampleur, la nature et l’evolution de la delinquance et de l’usage de substances psychoactives (SPA) chez les adolescents sont assez bien documentees. Les medias y accordent egalement une place de choix. Toutefois, la lecture que les jeunes font de leurs trajectoires deviantes et de leurs trajectoires de retablissement a fait l’objet de moins de r...

Résumé Dans le présent article sont exposés les résultats d’une étude sur la consommation de substances psychoactives au Nunavik. Le volet qualitatif de cette étude comporte 108 entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de jeunes, de parents, de leaders et d’Aînés de quatre villages. L’analyse de contenu thématique des résultats a mis en lumière différentes r...

Cet article fait le bilan de six recherches evaluatives menees par une equipe de chercheurs du RISQ (Recherche et intervention sur les substances psychoactives – Quebec) sur les traitements offerts au Quebec, principalement dans les centres de readaptation publics, entre 1991 et 2005. Objectifs. Ces etudes avaient pour but d’evaluer : 1) si les par...

Résumé Près de 900 jeunes présentant une problématique sévère de toxicomanie ont été évalués lors de leur demande de service en centre spécialisé. Un portrait de leur consommation de substances psychoactives est dressé et comparé en fonction des types d’encadrement judiciaire auquel est soumis l’individu, mais aussi en fonction du sexe. On constate...

This study examines variables that could predict treatment perseverance and impact for offenders (N = 124) admitted to one of five rehabilitation centers for alcoholics/drug addicts representing different regions of the province of Quebec. Information was col- lected on time spent in treatment, alcohol/drug use-related problems, motivation to chang...

This study examines variables that could predict treatment perseverance and impact for offenders (N = 124) admitted to one of five rehabilitation centers for alcoholics/drug addicts representing different regions of the province of Quebec. Information was collected on time spent in treatment, alcohol/drug use-related problems, motivation to change,...

This study focuses mainly on youths' opinions about their delinquency and drug use trajectories. A qualitative approach was taken for this phenomenological research. The life account method was used to conduct a total of 62 interviews: 36 boys and 26 girls recruited in youth detention and addiction treatment centers, youth centers, high schools, an...

Résumé La Grille de dépistage de la consommation problématique d’alcool et de drogues chez les adolescents (DEP-ADO) a été créée pour répondre aux besoins des milieux de pratique québécois. Cet article rapporte les résultats de deux études portant sur les qualités psychométriques de la DEP-ADO. Une première étude a révélé que l’outil était pertinen...

Abrégé L’impact important qu’un milieu familial inadéquat peut avoir sur la consommation de drogues des jeunes est bien connu et documenté. Par exemple, une discipline parentale inconsistante constitue un facteur de risque avéré pour le développement d’une toxicomanie. Mais comment peut-elle justement y conduire ? Quels processus entrent en jeu ? N...

The research done by the authors of this article is based on a phenomenological approach whereby the subjects assign importance to their interpretation of social situations that affect them. In this research, the authors sought to find out how young people see their own deviant paths. The data was obtained from the narratives of 38 male and female...

The research done by the authors of this article is based on a phenomenological approach whereby the subjects assign importance to their interpretation of social situations that affect them. In this research, the authors sought to find out how young people see their own deviant paths. The data was obtained from the narratives of 38 mate and female...

From a phenomenological perceptual stance, we aim, in this article at revealing youths' own personal perceptions regarding the drug-crime nexus in their trajectories. Within a qualitative research approach, autobiographical accounts were used with 38 young drug users and delinquents between 16 and 18 years old (22 boys and 16 girls). With the refer...

"Thèse présentée à la faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Philosophiae Doctor (Ph. D.) en criminologie." Thèse (Ph. D.)--Université de Montréal, 2001.