New paper: Individual differences in decision-making: evidence for the scarcity hypothesis from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Special Issue: Call for Papers Thinking Outside the Loot Box: Psychology, Regulation, and Beyond Guest editor: Leon Xiao Editor-in-Chief: nigel turner Abstract submission date: April 30, 2023 Manuscript submission date: September 30, 2023

📢 So thrilled to share that our proposed taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours is out in Nature Reviews Psychology 😀😀! Link to full article: nature.com/articles/s4415… Thread below 👇

“How does the phrasing of house edge information affect gamblers’ perceptions and level of understanding? A Registered Report” by Philip Newall, Richard James, & Olivia Maynard and submitted via PCI Registered Reports (@[email protected]) #accepted BristolUniPsych School of Psychology, University of Nottingham

🔔NEW PAPER! For my MSc thesis, we investigated the relationships between objective "screen time", self-reported use and measures of smartphone addiction and mental health over two weeks. Read what we found... 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.… Richard James School of Psychology, University of Nottingham

New favourite euphemism for non significant findings - it’s not a trend, it was significant with a one sided criterion (p = .08)

Open Access: Investigating economic, political, cultural, and individual factors of pain in adults across 19 European countries, Richard James and Ferguson (Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN) report the interactions between individual and normative risk factors. Free: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

New preprint! It is important for scales to effectively measure their intended construct across different socio-demographic groups. Here, we tested the PGSI's measurement invariance in a large British sample (n = 35,776). 🔗psyarxiv.com/rcqxe/ w/ Richard James Richard Tunney

In South Korea for the 8th International Conference on Behavoral Addictions. Exciting to be here. It is very hot and rainy! #ICBA2023 Psychology at Lincoln @zorroesque Steve Sharman Richard James

And that concludes ICBA 2023! It was a pleasure to deliver my mini-talk on smartphone addiction and screen time and to hear about all the interesting research happening in the field. Big thanks to Richard James Greo & School of Psychology, University of Nottingham!

🚨Meeting academic tutees/mentees soon and want some materials/session guides to use? There are free materials at the following link: sites.google.com/view/teachingr…

New blog post! All about being a journal editor gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/2023/09/27/edi…

#LootBoxes preprint w/ Philip Newall & Richard James: doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… Previous studies did NOT screen for #Gambling participation before asking #ProblemGambling questions. We experimented with screening and not screening. The correlation held in both, BUT screening is better.

“Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: A bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index” by Richard James, Jaimie Tillsley (she/her), Lucy Hitcham, Cong Mou, Hyungseo Kim, & Richard Tunney #accepted School of Psychology, University of Nottingham AstonPsychology

📣 New paper available! Our latest study tests and compares accounts of the factor structure of the Problem Gambling Severity Index using an ESEM analysis - so, one factor or two? 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/160663… Richard James Richard Tunney

Research Session 6: Comparing #gambling severity across countries and time: An integrated analytic approach. Richard James #CAGR2024

.Elena Petrovskaya (AFK) and I are recruiting a research assistant. 6 months. 80% FTE. ≈£16/hour. You’ll collect & analyse gambling & video game loot box advertising on social media. 🎰🎮👾 Remote possible. Lived experience desired. Apply: jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… Please share widely! 🤗

First study on mobile trading apps from Maira's PhD has preprinted Speaks to many debates around dark patterns and gamblification Check it out! RTs greatly appreciated BristolUniPsych Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research Society for the Study of Addiction

New year, new publication 📝 Richard James and I were asked to write a commentary following a recent paper validating a revised problematic smartphone use scale. We discuss issues related to the testing and validation of measurement scales. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/add.16…