Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

Stuart Gordon Spicer; Laura Louise Nicklin; Maria Uther; Joanne Lloyd; Helen Lloyd; James Close

doi:10.1177/14614448211027175

Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

Stuart Gordon Spicer^*
, Laura Louise Nicklin
, Maria Uther
, Joanne Lloyd
, Helen Lloyd
, James Close

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

91 Citations (SciVal)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1001-1022
Number of pages	22
Journal	New Media and Society
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211027175
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Apr 2022

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by funding from the charity GambleAware.

Keywords

Addiction
impulsivity
loot boxes
mental health
microtransactions
nudges
problem gambling
problem video gaming
systematic review
wellbeing

Access to Document

10.1177/14614448211027175

Cite this

@article{571addc1645a4ea19ad5812f038456dc,

title = "Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis",

keywords = "Addiction, impulsivity, loot boxes, mental health, microtransactions, nudges, problem gambling, problem video gaming, systematic review, wellbeing",

author = "Spicer, \{Stuart Gordon\} and Nicklin, \{Laura Louise\} and Maria Uther and Joanne Lloyd and Helen Lloyd and James Close",

note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by funding from the charity GambleAware. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",

year = "2022",

month = apr,

doi = "10.1177/14614448211027175",

language = "English",

volume = "24",

pages = "1001--1022",

journal = "New Media and Society",

issn = "1461-4448",

publisher = "SAGE Publications",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming

T2 - A systematic review and meta-synthesis

AU - Spicer, Stuart Gordon

AU - Nicklin, Laura Louise

AU - Uther, Maria

AU - Lloyd, Joanne

AU - Lloyd, Helen

AU - Close, James

N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by funding from the charity GambleAware. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.

PY - 2022/4

Y1 - 2022/4

KW - Addiction

KW - impulsivity

KW - loot boxes

KW - mental health

KW - microtransactions

KW - nudges

KW - problem gambling

KW - problem video gaming

KW - systematic review

KW - wellbeing

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85110863275

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85110863275#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1177/14614448211027175

DO - 10.1177/14614448211027175

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85110863275

SN - 1461-4448

VL - 24

SP - 1001

EP - 1022

JO - New Media and Society

JF - New Media and Society

IS - 4

ER -

Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this