Alex Russell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Russell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Russell |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Queensland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3685-7220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Temporal Asymmetry in Cross-Lagged Panel Models
Inferring causal direction from longitudinal data remains challenging in the social sciences, especially without experimental control. Traditional methods like Granger causality and cross-lagged panel models (CLPMs) assess predictive relationships but cannot distinguish directional causal effects from reciprocal associations due to autoregression, latent confounding, or measurement error. We propose a structured, hypothesis-driven CLPM extension …
The high cost of direct marketing from wagering operators, tipsters and affiliates
Sure they Gamble – But At Least They’re Not Being Bullied! A Survey of Parental Perspectives of Adolescent Gambling
There is almost no research on adolescent gambling from the perspective of parents, despite their important role in preventing adolescent engagement in potentially risky and harmful activities. This study used a quantitative online survey of 1,185 parents (69% mothers) of adolescents (aged 12 to 17 years) to examine parental attitudes and knowledge of adolescent gambling and adolescent exposure to parental gambling. Most parents disapproved of ad…
Young People’s Views of Social Prescribing as an Approach to Improving Mental Health
Child and adolescent mental health difficulties are increasing in the UK and internationally. Social prescribing (SP), a nonmedical, community‐linked approach, has shown promise for improving adult wellbeing, but its use and acceptability among young people (YP) remain under‐researched. There is limited evidence regarding YP’s own views on whether SP is a valuable option for supporting youth mental health. This study aimed to explore YP’s views o…
Harm-to-self from gambling
Feature preferences of sports betting platforms
Illusions of control
The Covid-19 lockdown experience suggests that restricting the supply of gambling can reduce gambling problems
The ‘Wild West’ of Wagering Affiliate Marketing and Implications for Gambling Harm
Wagering affiliate marketing is a performance-based system where online wagering operators pay third parties (affiliates) to recruit and engage customers for them. Despite widespread use, it has attracted limited research attention in Australia and elsewhere. This exploratory Australian study aimed to capture key informant perspectives on (1) the key features of wagering affiliate marketing and (2) how it may increase the risk of gambling harm. I…
Self-Regulatory Strategies Reduce Gambling Spend and Harm in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Electronic Gaming Machine Players
Research provides insights into the self-regulatory strategies (SRSs) gamblers use, but evidence supporting their efficacy is weak. Study 1 aimed to identify a set of SRSs that best predict less harmful gambling amongst electronic gaming machine (EGM) players who are most vulnerable to EGM-related harm. Study 2 aimed to test their efficacy as a brief intervention in a randomised controlled trial. Study 1 surveyed 2032 EGM players and compared SRS…
Gambling-Related Harm to Affected Others
Quantitative self-report measures for gambling-related harm experienced by gamblers themselves are established in the literature, whereas similar measures of gambling-related harm to affected others (AOs, a.k.a. concerned significant others) are given less attention. The impact of gambling-related harm varies significantly among different relationship types, such as partners, family members, and friends. Moreover, while many studies concentrate p…
Does the lived experience of gambling accord with quantitative self-report scores of gambling-related harm
A broad quantitative literature has explored the extent and distribution of gambling-related harm. However, any quantitative measure involves a number of statistical decisions around item selection and weighting that may affect its ability to provide an accurate summary of a gambler’s lived experience. This may especially be an issue with a condition as varied and multifaceted as gambling-related harm. The present research therefore used qualitat…
Order of first-play in simulated versus monetary gambling
Electronic gaming machine accessibility and gambling problems
Gambling advertising on Twitter before, during and after the initial Australian Covid-19 lockdown
Situational features of smartphone betting are linked to sports betting harm
Chances are you’re about to lose’
Current industry-developed safer gambling messages such as 'Take time to think' and 'Gamble responsibly' have been criticized as ineffective slogans. As a result, Australia has recently introduced seven independently-developed safer gambling messages. The UK Government intends to introduce independently-developed messages from 2024 onwards, and this measure could be similarly appropriate for the US states where sports betting has been legalized a…
Legacy gambling harms
Loot box purchasing is linked to problem gambling in adolescents when controlling for monetary gambling participation
Gambling prevalence and gambling problems amongst land-based-only, online-only and mixed-mode gamblers in Australia
‘Immediate access … everywhere you go’
This study explored how the use of smartphones can influence sports betting by young adults, compared to using computers and land-based betting facilities. Interviews with 33 Australians aged 18–29 years, who bet regularly on sports, esports, and/or fantasy sports, were analysed using adaptive grounded theory. Seven major themes related to platform functionality, sourcing betting information, physical accessibility, financial accessibility, socia…
Adolescents Who Play and Spend Money in Simulated Gambling Games Are at Heightened Risk of Gambling Problems
Simulated gambling, such as playing a virtual slot machine for points rather than money, is increasingly part of the online gaming experience for youth. This study aimed to examine (1) if youth participation in simulated gambling games is associated with participation in monetary gambling; (2) if youth participation in simulated gambling games is associated with increased risk of problematic gambling when controlling for breadth of monetary gambl…
Interactive Effects of Problem-Gambling Severity, Gender and Alcohol Consumption on Electronic Gaming Machine Behaviour
While comorbidity of problematic alcohol and gambling use is well established, much less is known about the way in which alcohol consumption while gambling interacts with problem-gambling severity and other individual differences. We hypothesised three factors that would interact with alcohol consumption while gambling on electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to influence four behavioural gambling measures: preferred number of lines bet, average dura…
How do academics, regulators, and treatment providers think that safer gambling messages can be improved
Safer gambling messages are a common public health intervention for gambling, and yet there is little evidence to support the variety of messages that are in widespread use. This paper thematically analyzed the perspectives of 21 participants – including academics, regulators and treatment providers – regarding the design characteristics of safer-gambling messages with the goal to improve on those already being used. The focus groups were semi-st…
Benchmarking gambling screens to health-state utility
Gambling screens have hitherto provided nominal category membership, it has been unclear whether moderate or 'at-risk' scores imply meaningful impact, and accordingly, population surveys have typically focused on problem gambling prevalence. These results quantify the health utility decrement for each category, allowing for tracking of the aggregate population impact based on all affected gamblers
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Parenting Practices among Parents of Children With Clinic-Referred Conduct Problems
SYNOPSISObjective. This study examined the cognitive-affective strategies used by parents of young children with conduct problems to regulate emotions. Key questions concerned the extent to which these emotion regulation strategies are associated with positive and negative parenting practices and predict quality of parenting through interplay with parental depression. Design. Participants were families of toddlers (n = 84) referred to a tertiary-…
How risky is Internet gambling? A comparison of subgroups of Internet gamblers based on problem gambling status
Internet gambling offers unique features that may facilitate the development or exacerbation of gambling disorders. Higher rates of disordered gambling have been found amongst Internet than with land-based gamblers; however little research has explored whether Internet disordered gamblers are a distinct subgroup. The current study compared problem with non-problem and at-risk Internet gamblers to understand further why some Internet gamblers expe…
Statistical risk warnings in gambling
Gambling is considered a public health issue by many researchers, similarly to alcohol or obesity. Statistical risk warnings on gambling products can be considered a public health intervention that encourages safer gambling while preserving freedom of consumer choice. Statistical risk warnings may be useful to gamblers, given that net gambling losses are the primary driver of harm and that gambling products vary greatly in the degree to which the…
A Commonwealth of the People
Gambling Behaviour and Gambling Risk Factors for Indigenous Australian Women
Gambling Among Indigenous Men and Problem Gambling Risk Factors
What Influences the Types of Help that Problem Gamblers Choose? A Preliminary Grounded Theory Model
How risky is Internet gambling? A comparison of subgroups of Internet gamblers based on problem gambling status
Internet gambling offers unique features that may facilitate the development or exacerbation of gambling disorders. Higher rates of disordered gambling have been found amongst Internet than with land-based gamblers; however little research has explored whether Internet disordered gamblers are a distinct subgroup. The current study compared problem with non-problem and at-risk Internet gamblers to understand further why some Internet gamblers expe…
Are There Distinctive Outcomes from Self-Exclusion? An Exploratory Study Comparing Gamblers Who Have Self-Excluded, Received Counselling, or Both
Are Callous-Unemotional Traits Associated with Conflict Adaptation in Childhood
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Parenting Practices among Parents of Children With Clinic-Referred Conduct Problems
SYNOPSISObjective. This study examined the cognitive-affective strategies used by parents of young children with conduct problems to regulate emotions. Key questions concerned the extent to which these emotion regulation strategies are associated with positive and negative parenting practices and predict quality of parenting through interplay with parental depression. Design. Participants were families of toddlers (n = 84) referred to a tertiary-…
What Behaviours and Cognitions Support Responsible Consumption of Gambling? Results from an Expert Survey
Stop! Grammar time
Universities are increasingly looking towards online technology to assist their students. Grammarly advertises itself as the world’s most accurate online grammar checker, yet little research exists on its performance as a feedback tool in universities. This paper reports on a study investigating students’ perceptions of Grammarly when used in conjunction with advice from an academic learning advisor. Using a mixed methods sequential explanatory d…
Associations between recalled use of legal UK youth gambling products and adult disordered gambling
Background and aims : The UK allows a number of gambling products to be legally used by people under the age of 18. The aim of this study was to explore associations between recalled legal usage of five youth gambling products and adult disordered gambling. Methods : A retrospective cross-sectional study of 1,057 adult UK gamblers, aged 18–40. Recalled legal use of five youth gambling products (category D fruit machines, coin push machines, crane…
Assessing the Associations between Religiosity and Alcohol Use Stages in a Representative U.S. Sample
Background: Problematic alcohol drinking has been a public health concern in the United States. Studies showed that religiosity serves as a protective factor, delaying the onset of alcohol use, and reducing the frequency of drinking. Few studies, however, have examined these associations with large, nationally representative samples, and even fewer have assessed the impact of religiosity on drinking behavior transitions/changes. Objectives: This …
Statistical risk warnings in gambling
Gambling is considered a public health issue by many researchers, similarly to alcohol or obesity. Statistical risk warnings on gambling products can be considered a public health intervention that encourages safer gambling while preserving freedom of consumer choice. Statistical risk warnings may be useful to gamblers, given that net gambling losses are the primary driver of harm and that gambling products vary greatly in the degree to which the…
Skin gambling predicts problematic gambling amongst adolescents when controlling for monetary gambling
Structural characteristics of fixed-odds sports betting products
Are esports bettors a new generation of harmed gamblers? A comparison with sports bettors on gambling involvement, problems, and harm
Young people who purchase loot boxes are more likely to have gambling problems
Risk and protective factors for the development of gambling-related harms and problems among Australian sexual minority men
Lower frequency of gambling behaviours among SMM and similar risk factors predicting problem gambling severity/harms for both groups suggests that problem gambling is not pronounced among SMM. This study adds new evidence to the gambling literature which can be used as comparative benchmarks for future research
Legacy gambling harms
Loot box purchasing is linked to problem gambling in adolescents when controlling for monetary gambling participation
Gambling prevalence and gambling problems amongst land-based-only, online-only and mixed-mode gamblers in Australia
‘Immediate access … everywhere you go’
This study explored how the use of smartphones can influence sports betting by young adults, compared to using computers and land-based betting facilities. Interviews with 33 Australians aged 18–29 years, who bet regularly on sports, esports, and/or fantasy sports, were analysed using adaptive grounded theory. Seven major themes related to platform functionality, sourcing betting information, physical accessibility, financial accessibility, socia…
Adolescents Who Play and Spend Money in Simulated Gambling Games Are at Heightened Risk of Gambling Problems
Simulated gambling, such as playing a virtual slot machine for points rather than money, is increasingly part of the online gaming experience for youth. This study aimed to examine (1) if youth participation in simulated gambling games is associated with participation in monetary gambling; (2) if youth participation in simulated gambling games is associated with increased risk of problematic gambling when controlling for breadth of monetary gambl…
Interactive Effects of Problem-Gambling Severity, Gender and Alcohol Consumption on Electronic Gaming Machine Behaviour
While comorbidity of problematic alcohol and gambling use is well established, much less is known about the way in which alcohol consumption while gambling interacts with problem-gambling severity and other individual differences. We hypothesised three factors that would interact with alcohol consumption while gambling on electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to influence four behavioural gambling measures: preferred number of lines bet, average dura…
How do academics, regulators, and treatment providers think that safer gambling messages can be improved
Safer gambling messages are a common public health intervention for gambling, and yet there is little evidence to support the variety of messages that are in widespread use. This paper thematically analyzed the perspectives of 21 participants – including academics, regulators and treatment providers – regarding the design characteristics of safer-gambling messages with the goal to improve on those already being used. The focus groups were semi-st…
Psychology (40 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (37 works) · Social Psychology (27 works) · Psychiatry (25 works) · Medicine (21 works) · Clinical Psychology (16 works) · Harm (16 works) · Business (15 works) · Public health (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works)