Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”

Stuart Gordon Spicer; Chris Fullwood; James Close; Laura Louise Nicklin; Joanne Lloyd; Helen Lloyd

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107327

Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”

Stuart Gordon Spicer^*, Chris Fullwood, James Close, Laura Louise Nicklin, Joanne Lloyd, Helen Lloyd

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Original language	English
Article number	107327
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107327
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Aug 2022

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This project was funded by the charity GambleAware, with additional funding from the University of Plymouth School of Psychology. S. G. Spicer was additionally supported by the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funder/supporter organisations.

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National Institute for Health Research
Plymouth University

Keywords

Gateway hypothesis
Impulsivity
Loot boxes
Problem gambling
Problem video gaming
Video games

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