Browsing by Author "Wiebe, Jamie"

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    Alberta Gambling Research Institute Conference 2021: Gambling in Canada: Current Research & Future Directions
    (Alberta Gambling Research Institute, 2021-04) Baich, Eric; Belanger, Yale; Chamberlain, Erika; Christensen, Darren; Clark, Luke; Currie, Shawn; Derevensky, Jeffrey; Dixon, Darcy; Dixon, Mike; Euston, David; Hilbrecht, Margo; Hodgins, David; Kim, Andrew; Lautischer, Steve; Lee, Bonnie; Leonard, Carrie; Manitowabi, Darrel; Marshall, Murray; McGrath, Daniel; Nicoll, Fiona; Ofori-Dei, Samuel; Papineau, Elisabeth; Scholnick, Barry; Sévigny, Serge; Shead, Will; Simpson, Rob; Stevens, Rhys; Stewart, Sherry; Tabri, Nassim; Turner, Nigel; Wiebe, Jamie; Williams, Robert; Wohl, Michael J. A.; Yakovenko, Igor; Young, Matthew; Aidelbaum, Robert; Allen, Sasha; Baxter, David; Brazeau, Brad; Cowie, Megan; Dorchak, Danika; Dowson, Mackenzie E.; Ethier, Ashley R.; Gooding, Nolan; Gorenko, Julie; HeavyShield, Marley; Kim, Hyoun S. (Andrew); Kruger, Tyler B.; Larche, Chanel J.; Laskowski, Catherine S.; Leca, Jean-Baptiste; Leslie, Diandra; Mackey-Simpkin, Sean; Marchica, Loredana; Peel, Marie-Audrey; Piquette, Noëlla; Ritchie, Emma V.; Russell, Gillian; Schluter, Magdalen; Schoen, Anthony; Sharif-Razi, Maryam; Sontag, Roxanne; Stark, Sasha; Trottier, Maegan; Yi, Sunghwan
    The Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 20th Annual Conference "Gambling in Canada: Current Research & Future Directions" took place April 27-29, 2021 as a live virtual event. A selection of conference presentations and research posters presented at the event have been made available with the permission of the authors.
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    Banff Conference on Internet Gambling
    (2009-03) Williams, Robert; Parke, Jonathan; Nelson, Sarah; Wood, Rob; Gass, Kevin; Sychold, Martin; Wiebe, Jamie; Bowling, Michael; Derevensky, Jeff; McMullan,John; Jonsson, Jakob; Belanger, Yale; Cunningham, John; Wood, Richard
    The Banff Conference on Internet Gambling took place Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2009 at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Gaming Research Institute and the University of Lethbridge co-sponsored the eighth in a series of special interest conferences in the area of gambling studies. This conference discussed the latest research on the prevalence and patterns of online gambling around the world; regulatory approaches used in different countries; the experience of jurisdictions currently providing online gambling; concerns with and potential remedies to the issues/problems associated with online gambling; pros and cons of different policy options; online treatment for problem gambling; and poker bots.
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    The Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI) Phase II Final Report
    (Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2007-11) Wiebe, Jamie; Wynne, Harold; Stinchfield, Randy; Tremblay, Joel
    This report is an overview of the development and validation of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI), a survey instrument designed to measure gambling-related risk and harm. The research is a collaborative, two-phase initiative funded by a consortium of provincial funding organizations, and conducted by a research team under the aegis of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). The goals of the initiative were to develop a conceptual framework and operational definition that accurately reflect adolescent gambling and, from these, derive a new instrument for use in population surveys to identify adolescents experiencing problems associated with their gambling.
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    Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI) Phase III Final Report
    (Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2010-07) Tremblay, Joël; Stinchfield, Randy; Wiebe, Jamie; Wynne, Harold
    The development and psychometric evaluation of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI) was undertaken in two phases. Phase I consisted of: (a) an examination of how problem gambling is conceptualized, defined and measured in the literature; and (b) the development of a new conceptual framework, definition and means of measurement. This phase of the research involved an extensive review of the literature, consultation with a panel of experts in the field and focus groups with adolescents. The result was the development of a new conceptual framework and operational definition and the development of a draft instrument for measuring problem gambling. Phase II of the project involved the fine‐tuning and testing of the validity and reliability of the instrument developed in Phase I. This was accomplished by testing both an English and French version on a sample of adolescents drawn from school populations in Manitoba and Québec. Data collection included a pilot test with 195 students from Manitoba and 277 students from Québec. This was followed by a general school survey with 2,394 students, a retest of 343 students from the general school survey, and clinical validation interviews with 109 students who initially participated in the general school survey. The original Phase II research design proposed utilizing two external sources of data to interpret scale scores and establish cutscores for levels of risky gambling behaviour; namely youth in treatment for gambling problems and clinician’s assessments. It is important to assess the classification accuracy of the instrument (i.e., sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values) for detecting ‘problem gambling cases’ against a reference standard such as a case assessed by an expert interviewer. During Phase II, we were unable to locate any 12–17 year olds in treatment for a gambling problem. As well, the clinical interviews with school students resulted in very few students being classified as problematic gamblers. Therefore, in the absence of external validation criteria and expert consensus, frequency distributions and measures of central tendency were used to determine ‘abnormal’ gambling behaviour for a school sample of gamblers. As such, cutscores and score interpretations provided by Phase II work were temporary. The results needed to be cross‐validated with other relevant samples; particularly, samples that include youth with gambling problems. Phase III addressed the limitation of Phase II by reaching a new sample of youth who were at greater risk of having problems with gambling (e.g., adolescents who were receiving treatment for substance abuse or were receiving services from youth centres) or who were experiencing problems with gambling.
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    Gambling and Problem Gambling Among Older Adults in Ontario
    (Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre, 2004-11) Wiebe, Jamie; Single, Eric; Falkowski-Ham, Agata; Mun, Phil
    The following report presents the results of a survey regarding the nature and extent of gambling and gambling problems among adults 60 years and over in Ontario. The survey was part of a larger prevalence study with individuals 18 years and older under a grant from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre. The study is intended to determine the characteristics and prevalence of gambling and problem gambling among older Ontario adults, examine factors related to problem gambling, and discuss the implications of these findings for addressing gambling problems among older adults.
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    Gambling and problem gambling in Ontario 2005
    (Responsible Gaming Council, 2006-09) Wiebe, Jamie; Mun, Phil; Kauffman, Nadine
    This report presents the results of a survey regarding the nature and extent of gambling and gambling problems in Ontario. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of gambling and problem gambling, to describe the characteristics of individuals experiencing gambling-related problems, and to compare trends with the 2001 Ontario gambling prevalence study (Wiebe, Single, & Falkowski-Ham, 2001) with regards to levels of gambling and problem gambling. A telephone survey was conducted with a sample of 3,604 adults 18 years and older from Ontario. Levels of gambling and problem gambling were assessed through the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) (Ferris & Wynne, 2001). Data collection was conducted by the Hitachi Survey Research Center at the University of Toronto.
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    Manitoba youth gambling prevalence study : summary of findings
    (Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, 1999-06) Wiebe, Jamie; Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
    This study examined the prevalence of gambling and gambling-related problems among youth in Manitoba. A total of 1,000 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years were interviewed by telephone between January 13 and March 4, 1999. The survey consisted of the South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised Adolescent (SOGS-RA) as well as various questions relating to demographic, social, and familial dimensions. Results indicated that 8% of youths were classified as at-risk for problems and 3% were classified as having a gambling problem. It was also found that these youth are not accessing formal sources of assistance for concerns with gambling. Recommendations are made concerning educating youth on gambling and future research.
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    Measuring gambling and problem gambling in Ontario
    (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2001-12-04) Wiebe, Jamie; Single, Eric; Falkowski-Ham, Agata
    The following report presents the results of a survey regarding the nature and extent of gambling and gambling problems in Ontario. The survey was conducted in the spring of 2001 by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and the Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario) under a grant from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre. The study is intended to determine the prevalence of gambling and problem gambling among Ontario adults, to describe the characteristics of individuals experiencing gambling-related problems, to describe the relationship between problem gambling and substance abuse, and to discuss the implications of the findings to treatment and prevention programming.
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    Measuring problem gambling in adolescent populations: Phase one - report
    (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2005-02) Wiebe, Jamie; Wynne, Harold; Stinchfield, Randy; Tremblay, Joel
    The main objectives of the present research are to reconceptualize the adolescent problem gambling construct, establish an operational definition that will guide development of a new survey instrument for measuring the construct in adolescent populations, and develop an initial version of the new measurement instrument.
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    Prevalence of Gambling and Problem Gambling Among Older Adults in Manitoba
    (Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, 2000-10) Wiebe, Jamie
    The present study was conducted by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) to improve understanding of the extent and nature of gambling among the older adult population in Manitoba, defined as individuals 60 years and older.
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    Transitions and Stability of Problem Gambling Behaviours
    (Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, 2009-12) Wiebe, Jamie; Maitland, Scott B.; Hodgins, David; Davey, Adam; Gottlieb, Benjamin
    Researchers around the world have examined the correlates and consequences of problem gambling but few studies have addressed the issue longitudinally. Recent reviews of longitudinal research (e.g., El-Guebaly et al, 2006; LaPlante, Nelson, LaBrie et al. 2008; Slutske, 2007) generally do not support the conventional view that problem gambling is an enduring condition. Although problem gambling population prevalence rates remain relatively steady over time, problem gambling is far less stable at an individual level, but instead, transitory and episodic (Slutske, Jackson & Sher, 2003). To date, little is known about transitions in gambling behaviours, and the factors associated with transitions over time. There is an abundance of cross sectional research, however, that may provide some insight into these factors. The literature indicates that factors such as co-morbidity, gambling-related cognitions and social networks are important considerations in understanding problem gambling. However, since the research is generally weighted towards studies of a cross-sectional design that only look at the associations at one point in time; we have a limited understanding of the role of these factors over time. Time is particularly important given that problem gambling is a dynamic and transient process. The longitudinal nature of the current study provides the opportunity to examine varied trajectories of problem gambling in relation to these factors to understand the determinants or temporal ordering of these changes and to identify ways to better understand and assist those who are having gambling problems. This one year study with multiple data collection points makes a significant contribution to the field by examining the dynamic nature of gambling across multiple measurement points to capture important transitions and changes in gambling and the critical antecedent conditions to explain transitions and stability in gambling over time. Lastly, given the generally low use of treatment among those with problems, the study seeks to better understand why people seek help for problem gambling by examining people’s perceptions and experiences with problem gambling assistance and their help-seeking behaviour.