Debi A Laplante

Biographic Data

ID4106255
NAMEDebi A Laplante
GIVEN NAMESDebi A
FAMILY NAMELaplante
SIGNATURELAPLANTE D A
AFFILIATIONSCambridge Health Alliance
ORCID0000-0001-5418-5504
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR32
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Moving Up in Stakes in Tournament Poker

    Matthew A Tom, Timothy C Edson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2026

  • Evaluation of the xaʔtús (First Face) for Mental Health program at a youth residential addiction treatment facility

    Open AccessHeather M Gray, Donell Barlow et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2025

    92) at an Indigenous-focused youth residential treatment facility. In the context of a single-arm, pre-post study, we observed that after completing a day-long First Face training, participants showed improvements in mental health/substance use knowledge and perceived competence to respond to a mental health crisis, as intended. These benefits were not limited to Native American trainees and spanned both clinical and nonclinical staff. Improvemen…

  • The Stability of Gambling Expenditure Distributions Over Time and Associations with the Use of Gambling Self-regulatory Tools

    Open AccessEric R Louderback, Matthew A Tom et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2024

  • A large-scale prospective study of big wins and their relationship with future involvement and risk among actual online sports bettors

    Open AccessTimothy C Edson, Eric R Louderback et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2023

  • Calling for worldwide adoption of Gambling Disorder Screening Day

    Heather M Gray, Debi A LaplanteARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2023

    Gambling Disorder creates substantial harm to individuals and society due to a constellation of financial, relational, psychological, and other consequences. Marginalized communities disproportionately bear the burden of gambling-related harm and are more likely to experience Gambling Disorder. As with other mental health conditions, early detection and intervention of Gambling Disorder hold the potential to interrupt the course of illness. Howev…

  • Stakeholder definitions of responsible drinking

    Howard J Shaffer, Heather M Gray et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2022

    To mitigate alcohol-related harm, various stakeholders have advanced the construct of ‘responsible drinking.’ However, clarity regarding ‘responsible drinking’ in evaluation research is limited. Additionally, the alcohol industry often uses the term without any mention of clear limits or meaning. At this point it is unclear whether stakeholders are adopting a shared understanding of the ‘responsible drinking’ concept; such a shared understanding …

  • Five barriers to defining responsible drinking

    Open AccessDebi A Laplante, Taylor G Lee et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2022

    ‘Responsible drinking’ remains a poorly defined construct despite decades of use among diverse stakeholders including industry, academics, governmental agencies, and addiction advocacy groups. To move the field closer to a consensus definition of responsible drinking that is useful for educational and research purposes, we describe five primary barriers that discourage the construction of a shared definition of responsible drinking. These barrier…

  • Changes to the playing field

    Open AccessSusan E Nelson, Timothy C Edson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Behavioral Addictions2021

  • Recommendations for improving adolescent addiction recovery support in six northwest tribal communities

    Open AccessMartina M Whelshula, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2021References: 41

    American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities offer tangible and intangible resources, including centuries of indigenous wisdom and resiliency, to support their young people in recovery from substance use disorders. At the same time, tribal youth returning home from residential or inpatient treatment are vulnerable to relapse, especially if they encounter the same environmental triggers in which their substance misuse developed. This stud…

  • Understanding American Indian Youth in Residential Recovery from Substance Use Disorder

    Open AccessDebi Laplante, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2021

    Historical trauma has contributed to the reality that addiction disproportionately affects tribal communities, including American Indian youth. We sought to understand American Indian youths' own experiences and perceptions of the environments to which they return after completing residential treatment for substance use disorder. We recruited three cohorts of American Indian residents of a substance use disorder treatment facility (N = 40). These…

  • Longitudinal playing trends among daily fantasy sports players

    Open AccessTimothy C Edson, Debi A LaplanteARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2020

  • Integrating open science practices into recommendations for accepting gambling industry research funding

    Open AccessEric R Louderback, Michael J A Wohl et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2020

    Diverse funding sources, including the government, nonprofit, and industry sectors support academic research, generally, and gambling research, specifically. This funding allows academic researchers to assess gambling-related problems in populations, evaluate tools designed to encourage responsible gambling behaviors, and develop evidence-based recommendations for gambling-related topics. Some stakeholders have raised concern about industry-funde…

  • Behavioral Markers of Risky Daily Fantasy Sports Play

    Open AccessRhiannon C Wiley, Matthew A Tom et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sport and Social Issues2020Cited by: 1References: 20

    To understand the natural groups of daily fantasy sports (DFS) players and their associated problematic play, we obtained DFS participation records for 11,130 DFS players from a leading provider. A cluster analysis suggested four player clusters. Cluster 4 included a single highly successful player (i.e., an outlier). Players in Cluster 1 had shorter playing durations than players in Clusters 2 and 3 and picked riskier contests than players in Cl…

  • Gamblers’ Perceptions of Stakeholder Responsibility for Minimizing Gambling Harm

    Open AccessHeather M Gray, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2019

  • Prevalence and correlates of self-harm among a sample of repeat DUI offenders

    Timothy C Edson, Heather M Gray et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2019

    Background: Driving under the influence of alcohol or other substances (DUI) and suicide are both persistent but potentially preventable public health problems. DUI offenders, particularly those who have repeatedly offended, report elevated risk for many suicide risk factors. However, researchers have not systematically studied associations between repeat DUI and suicide.Methods: Out of a population of 729 repeat DUI offenders, 207 were asked abo…

  • Gambling Involvement

    Open AccessTracie O Afifi, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2013

  • Considering a critique of pathological gambling prevalence research

    Howard J Shaffer, Debi A LaplanteARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2012

    The social construction of illness and disease has a long and rich history. Young's (2012) account of the relationship between the gambling industry and the construct of pathological gambling is an

  • A brief self-help toolkit intervention for gambling problems

    Richard A LaBrie, Allyson J Peller et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2012References: 43

    Two studies conducted in Massachusetts and Nevada evaluated the efficacy of a self-help toolkit for problem gambling. Individuals concerned about gambling-related problems, in response to public notices and newspaper advertisements, volunteered for a randomized trial of the self-help toolkit, Your First Step to Change: Gambling. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) a printed toolkit, (b) the toolkit and a brief guide to t…

  • Research using actual behavior encourages and confirms accurate self-report

    Howard J Shaffer, Allyson J Peller et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2011

    Griffiths (this issue, 2011) expresses three over-arching scientific concerns about our article. First, noting the omission of some reports, Griffiths claimed that our article “... is a misrepresenta

  • Thirty Years of Lottery Public Health Research

    Open AccessDebi A Laplante, Heather M Gray et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2010

  • Toward a paradigm shift in Internet gambling research

    Howard J Shaffer, Allyson J Peller et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2010

    Internet gambling is one of the fastest growing gambling-related industries (Christian Capital Advisers 2006). As the Internet gambling industry expands, many stakeholders have created, or are in the process of creating, gambling-related policy. Policy makers promulgating these regulations rely on professional opinions and/or conventional wisdoms related to Internet gambling to guide them because of the lack of sufficient scientific research. The…

  • Real Limits in the Virtual World

    Open AccessSusan E Nelson, Sarah E Nelson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2008

  • Parameters for Safer Gambling Behavior

    Open AccessAllyson J Peller, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2008

  • Assessing the Playing Field

    Open AccessRichard A LaBrie, Debi A Laplante et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2007

  • Missouri Casino Self-Excluders

    Open AccessRichard A LaBrie, Susan E Nelson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2007