Richard T. A. Wood's research while affiliated with Université du Québec à Montréal and other places

... W. Abbott, 2005;Orford, 2005aOrford, , 2005bRoom, 2005;Rönnberg, 2005;Shaffer, 2005). The relationship is positive in that the exposure of an individual to gambling opportunities increases the incidence and prevalence of problem gambling and related harm (Kristiansen & Lund, 2022;McCarthy et al., 2022;Orford, 2005b;Philander et al., 2022;Philander, 2019;Wardle et al., 2014). Aside from general availability, the crucial aspect to be considered is the proximity to gambling. ...

... Future research should further examine the psychometric properties of the FFS in terms of measurement invariance. A recent study found that the 4-item FFS is temporally invariant over a one-month period among predominantly older people who gamble (Tabri, Philander, Wood, & Wohl, 2021). It would also behoove researchers to examine whether the Financially Focused Self-concept construct (measured by the FFS) carries the same meaning among people with and without gambling problems using measurement invariance testing. ...

... This study was determined to be exempt from review by the first author's Institutional Review Board. We conducted a secondary analysis of a sample of active gamblers from Canada (Tabri et al., 2020). Casinos were not legal in Canada until 1985 (Korn, 2000b), but expanded to 110 by the time of data collection. ...

... Although perfectionism has been variably defined and measured (for a review, see Dunkley, Blankstein, Masheb, & Grilo, 2006), we, like others (Howell, Anderson, Egan, & McEvoy, 2020;Smith & Saklofske, 2017;Tabri, Wohl, Wood, & Philander, 2018), have argued and found that perfectionism is best understood as a single factor that reflects a striving for flawlessness coupled with critical selfevaluation and concern for how others evaluate the self. Critically, people with such perfectionism are more vulnerable to various forms of psychopathology and disordered behaviors, including eating, anxiety, mood, and personality disorders as well as suicidal ideation (Egan, Wade, & Shafran, 2011;Flett, Hewitt, & Heisel, 2014;Limburg, Watson, Hagger, & Egan, 2017). ...

... The behavior subscale of the Positive Play Scale (Wood et al., 2017) adapted for Chinese gamblers (Tong et al., 2020) was used to assess individuals' responsible gambling behavior over the past year. Respondents answered seven items (e.g., "I was honest with my family and/or friends about the amount of time I spent on gambling," α = 0.85) on a 5-point Likert scale (from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). ...

... Lottery and scratchcard gambling were previously available to those aged 16 or over, although recent legislation has brought these products in line with other gambling products and require individuals to be age 18 or older to participate. Even with age restrictions, research suggests that technological advancements of gambling have made it much easier for adolescents to engage in gambling activities (Griffiths & Wood, 2007). Furthermore, research has demonstrated a lack of concern surrounding the harms of adolescent gambling, suggesting that it is often not perceived as a behavior that may be associated with problems (Hood & Parke, 2015). ...

... Another way to use categorization is to require mandatory measures for gambling over a certain level, based on affordability checks and/or problem self-assessment. This study showed different effects for the three subgroups, in line with Wood and Wohl (2015) that identified an effect of Playscan for at-risk players, but not for nonproblem and problem gamblers. In this study, the participant problem severity was unknown, but most players would probably score at a high-risk level since they are from the top 0.5% of NT customers that have lost the most money and the Playscan algorithm calculates the risk score based on gambling intensity (Wood & Wohl, 2015). ...

... The accessibility and the availability of online gambling (thanks to smartphone apps) are such that Franck has increased the frequency and the amount of his bets. In addition, convenience, meaning being in a familiar and comfortable environment (at home), reduced his sense of risk and allowed him to engage in more risky behaviors than he had when betting at points of sale (Bonnaire, 2012;Griffiths et al., 2006). ...

... Furthermore, it is important to consider potential conflicts of interest between public health objectives on the one hand and profit objectives on the other hand. This conflict is already an important consideration in the gambling research field (Cassidy, 2014;Cowlishaw & Thomas, 2018;Livingstone & Adams, 2016;Wohl & Wood, 2015;Young & Markham, 2015). ...

... Emphasising responsible gambling (RG) has offered ways to navigate this paradox. RG entails ways of proceeding ethically when addressing consumers, comprising information on games, age limits, consumer behaviour, risks of problem gambling, self-exclusion and information on how the company practises social responsibility in, for example, staff education, protection of minors from gambling and limiting advertising (e.g., Blaszczynski et al., 2011;Hing et al., 2018;Wood and Griffiths, 2014). Links to counselling services and helplines are also typical RG messages (e.g., Parke et al., 2014). ...