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NUMBERED NAGS CONFERENCE PAPER LIST 2008

WEDNESDAY 3RD DECEMBER

CONCURRENT SESSION 1: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Psychology of
Gambling / Responsible Gambling Within Venues / Youth Gambling
Faulty decisional style is associated with problem gambling behaviours. J.G. Phillips, R.P. Ogeil, L. Mann [1] / Provision of responsible gambling features within online gambling sites. Shaaron Kapcelovich [4] / Young people- Understanding that gambling is about money- Playing the game. Cheryl Vardon [7]
Crowd size impacts on gambling intensity: The moderating effect of social facilitation on EGM betting behaviour. Matthew J. Rockloff [2] / Voluntary barring scheme, South Australia. Robert Chappell [5] / The interpretive repertoires used by young adults when speaking about their involvement in gambling. Maree Ann Baulderstone, Keis Ohtsuka [8]
Nancy White Problem gambling and substance misuse [3] / Self-exclusion: Pathway to recovery. Judith Abbott, Larissa Strong [6] / A comparison of problem gambling amongst international and domestic university students in Australia. Meredith Brown, Nicki Dowling [9]
CONCURRENT SESSION 2 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Social Support
and Gambling / Harm Minimisation and Responsible Gambling / Profiling Gamblers and Problem Gamblers
Walk the walk: Talk the talk- Living examples of recovery. The value of peer support as an adjunct to professional treatment. Serena Smith, Alun C. Jackson, Michelle Chrimes [10] / Gambling harm minimisation measures post 1999. Martin Young / Impulsivity as a partial mediator in the relationship between depression and problem gambling. John Haw [16]
Free session: Paper withdrawn / Empirically-based responsible gambling signage: Most effective mode of presentation and message content. Sally Monaghan, Alex Blaszczynski 13] / Profile Assessments of Motivations to Gamble (The G-MAP): Treatment Implications. Cynthia Dunn, D. G. Graham, N.J. Caltabiano [17]
Reflections on the problem gambling family protection orders scheme. Alan Moss, Margaret Kelly, John Hill, Robert Chappell [11] / Gambling regulation: The case for managed risk. Mr. Steve Toneguzzo, Mr. Keith Copher [14] / Gambling access preferences of at-risk and social gamblers. Susan Moore, Anna Thomas, Mike Kyrios, Glen Bates, Denise Meredyth [18]
Hidden carers- A tale of two hats. Family care needs: A consumer and professional perspective. Kate Roberts [12] / 20 Years on and still a lot to do: Problem gambling and responsible gaming in Europe. Pieter Remmers [15] / Market segmentation of the Victorian community to identify education strategies to address problem gambling. Sarah Hare

THURSDAY 4TH DECEMBER

9:20 Keynote Address – Judge Mark Farrell: A View from the justice system: “ A work in progress” [19]
CONCURRENT SESSION 3: 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Main Hall / Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Gambling and Harm / Indigenous Gambling / Gender and Gambling / Gambling Counselling
The identification of symptom clusters associated with problem gambling severity. Alun C. Jackson, Nicki Dowling, Shane A. Thomas [20] / Indigenous Australian gambling: Emerging risk and protective factors in North Queensland. Helen Breen [23] / Motivations to gamble, level of involvement and gender: A punter’s view. Cynthia Dunn, D. G. Graham, N.J. Caltabiano [25] / Ethical Issues in problem gambling counseling. Mitchell Brown, Richard Brading, Kate Lawson, Lincoln Poole [28]
Gambling and unreported crime: Results from the formative investigation of links between gambling and crime in New Zealand. Rebecca Coombes, Maria Bellringer, Max Abbott [21] / Out of harms way: An indigenous-centric approach to harm minimization. Marisa Fogarty [24] / For worse, for poorer and ill-health: How women experience, understand and respond to a partner’s gambling problem. Janet Patford [26] / OARS SA Gambling Support Service: Tricia Parsons, Lyn Wilson [29]
Is pathological gambling just a big problem or also an addiction? Pekka Sulkunen, Varpu Rantala [22] / Free session / The factors that influence impacts of problem gambling on the family: The role of gender and gambling behaviour characteristics. Ramsay Dixon, Nicki Dowling, Alun C. Jackson [27] / Providing a culturally relevant and effective therapeutic gambling help service for migrants and refugees. Enaam Oudih [30]
CONCURRENT SESSION 5: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Main Hall / Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Indigenous Gambling / Venue Staff
Training / Measurement of Problem Gambling / Gambling and Venue Staff
Betting on the evidence: The case of gambling-related problems among the indigenous population of the NT. Matthew Stevens / Advanced responsible gambling training for gaming floor staff: Recent developments in Ontario. Janine Robinson, Robert Murray [33] / Improving measurement through the Rasch Model: Application to the CPGI. Andrew Ward [36] / Emotional intelligence and the service performance of casino frontline employees. Catherine Prentice [39]
Responding to gambling issues and problems for Aboriginal communities in NSW, translating research into practice. Sofia Lema, Jenny Hunt [31] / South Australian hotel and club initiatives recognised as making a real difference in addressing problem gambling. Rhonda Turley, Helen Martin. [34] / Pathological gambling: Using assessment tools to critically examine the addiction model. Christopher John Hunt, Michael Walker, Elena Svetieva [37] / A survey of workplace influences on the gambling behaviour of gaming venue employees. Nerilee Hing [40]
Attitudes towards gambling in remote indigenous communities. Tricia Nagel, Carolyn Thompson, Deb Mills, Kylie Jericho [32] / The SkyCity HRC case management process. Tony Morgan [35] / Screening for problem gambling: Who should be screened, who should do it, and what should they use? Shane Thomas, Leon Piterman, Alun Jackson [38] / Recent global developments in precommitment public policies.
Phillip Ryan [41]

FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER

9:30 Keynote Address – Alex Blaszczynski: Cognitive Foundations for Pathological Gambling [42]
CONCURRENT SESSION 6: 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Main Hall / Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Gambling in CALD communities / Psychology of Gambling / Psychology of EGM Gambling / Political Issues / IDEAS FORUM
Pacific Island parents: Culture, Gambling and health. Maria Bellringer, Max Abbott [43] / An examination of precipitating and perpetuating factors of gambling behaviour: A psychological perspective. Dragica Sarich [46] / Dissociation, coping and impaired control in EGM players. Jessica McCormick, Paul Delfabbro [49] / Politics, pragmatics and pitfalls of pre-commitment. Mark Henley [52]
Superstitions among mahjong players in Hong Kong: A cultural perspective. Chi Chuen Chan, Keis Ohtsuka [44] / Anticipated outcomes and gambling behaviour. Mal Flack [47] / EGM problem gambling: The importance of escape and accessibility in gambling motivators. Anna Thomas, Felicity Allen, James Phillips [50] / IDEAS FORUM
The Inside Pokies Player Guide. Chris Freethy, Tracey Collins, Keith Don [53]
Can treatment work with the gaming industry and still be ethical? Janine Robinson [54]
Mahjong gambling in Sydney: A prevalence study in an Australian Chinese community. Wu Yi Zheng, Michael Walker, Alex Blaszczynski [45] / Gambling to escape identity: Self-focused attention intensifies EGM gambling behaviour. Matthew J. Rockloff [48] / Expectations and emotional experiences in gaming machine play. Morten Boyer, John Haw [51] / Free Session
CONCURRENT SESSION 7: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Main Hall / Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Presentation of GRA
Research (60 mins) / Workshop
(90 minutes) / Research in Gambling
Chair: Jane Oakes / Gambling Debt / Older People
Chair: Matt Rockloff
In-vivo identification of problem gamblers within venues. Paul Delfabbro [55] / TWO WAY LEARNING: A Transnational Collaboration on Indigenous Problem Gambling: Kylie Jericho, Annette Wilyuka, Janine Robinson [56] / The perils, pitfalls, pleasures and possibilities in planning a major epidemiological study. Rosa Billi, Paul Marden [57] / Gambling, loans and indebtedness. Jaana Lähteenmaa [59]
Looking at problem gambling through multi-focal lenses. Rosa Billi, Paul Marden [58] / Voluntary bankruptcy as a pathway to recovery for gamblers. John Hartnett [60]
Paper not presented /
Paper not presented
/ Risk and protective factors for problem gambling in seniors. Luxana Connie Tirachaimongkol, Alun C. Jackson, Jane E. Tomnay [61]
CONCURRENT SESSION 8: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Meeting Room 1 / Meeting Room 2 / Meeting Room 3
Accessibility and Expenditure
Chair: TBA / General TopicsChair: Cheryl Vardon / Problem Gambling Therapy
Chair: Gavin Miller
Paper withdrawn / The kickbacks of cross industry collaboration. Olga Hurley, Debra Mill [62] / Re-grief therapy and problem gambling. Evelyn Mansfield [65]
Mountains out of Molehills: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Poker Machine Expenditure in the Northern Territory of Australia: Martin Young, David Lamb, Bruce Doran / Collaboration between industry and stakeholders: Good for problem gamblers, good for industry, good for treatment providers. Amanda Cole, Pam Evans, Lauren Hancock [63] / A multi-site controlled trial of gambling therapies.
Michael Walker [66]
For whose benefit? An analysis of club community contributions in the Northern Territory. Waimei Lee / Taking the problem out of gambling. M. Brodie, Simone Martin [64]
/ Therapeutic characteristics associated with problem gambling treatment outcomes. Nicki Dowling, Sanja Cosic [67]

GUIDE TO POWERPOINT POSTINGS

1.  Several authors requested that their Powerpoint slides not be made available at this time for reasons of confidentiality / Government reporting protocols. These presentation titles are shaded.

2.  Some authors deleted their Powerpoint slides or did not use Powerpoint for their presentations. For further information concerning the following numbered papers [4], [7], [23], [26], [34], [42], [53], [54], [65]. [66], it is probably appropriate for delegates to email the respective authors using the addresses provided in the conference program.

3.  For other presentations, please use the numbers alongside each title. Each downloadable Powerpoint document has the same number and the surname of the presenting author.

4.  Presentations 6,32 & 56 are in pdf format to reduce file size