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Robert J. Williams

Robert J. Williams

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Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
8897
World Ranking
5043
National Ranking
337

Overview

Robert J. Williams is affiliated with the University of Lethbridge in Canada and has a research focus rooted primarily in psychology. Their work extensively covers the domains of gambling behavior and treatments, with additional attention to sexuality, behavior, technology, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, financial literacy, schizophrenia research, homelessness, social issues, and sports analytics.

Their publication record includes contributions to several notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Gambling Studies
  • International Gambling Studies
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • The Canadian Journal of Addiction

Williams has published work within the subfields of clinical psychology, epidemiology, economics and econometrics, accounting, and psychiatry and mental health.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Williams include:

  • "Predictors of gambling and problem gambling in Canada," 2021, Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • "Gambling and Problem Gambling in Canada in 2018: Prevalence and Changes Since 2002," 2020, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Etiology of problem gambling in Canada," 2022, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Other important related works in their research network include:

  • "The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm," 2020, Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "Gambling in Canada During the COVID Lockdown: Prospective National Survey," 2021, Journal of Gambling Studies

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts have been:

  • David C. Hodgins
  • Daniel S. McGrath
  • Rhys Stevens
  • Yale D. Belanger
  • Carrie A. Shaw

Best Publications

  • A Comprehensive and Comparative Review of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome

    Robert J. Williams;Samuel Y. Chang

  • THE POPULATION PREVALENCE OF PROBLEM GAMBLING: Methodological Influences, Standardized Rates, Jurisdictional Differences, and Worldwide Trends

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg;Rhys M. G. Stevens

  • Prevention of Problem Gambling: A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence and Identified Best Practices

    Robert J. Williams;Beverly L. West;Robert I. Simpson

  • Internet Gambling: Prevalence, Patterns, Problems, and Policy Options

    Robert T. Wood;Robert J. Williams

  • A comparative profile of the Internet gambler: Demographic characteristics, game-play patterns, and problem gambling status

    Robert T. Wood;Robert J. Williams

  • Validity of adolescent self-report of substance use.

    Robert J. Williams;Nadine R. Nowatzki

  • Gambling as a form of risk-taking: Individual differences in personality, risk-accepting attitudes, and behavioral preferences for risk.

    Sandeep Mishra;Martin L. Lalumière;Robert J. Williams

  • Problem gambling on the internet: implications for internet gambling policy in North America

    Robert T. Wood;Robert J. Williams

  • The classification accuracy of four problem gambling assessment instruments in population research

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Natural course of behavioral addictions: a 5-year longitudinal study

    Barna Konkolÿ Thege;Erica M Woodin;David C Hodgins;Robert J Williams

  • GAMBLING AND PROBLEM GAMBLING WITHIN FORENSIC POPULATIONS A Review of the Literature

    Robert J. Williams;Jennifer Royston;Brad F. Hagen

  • The association between childhood maltreatment and gambling problems in a community sample of adult men and women.

    David C. Hodgins;Don P. Schopflocher;Nady el-Guebaly;David M. Casey

  • Does learning about the mathematics of gambling change gambling behavior

    Robert J. Williams;Dennis Connolly

  • The Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling

    Robert J. Williams;Jürgen Rehm;Rhys M. G. Stevens

  • Prevention of Problem Gambling: A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence

    Robert J. Williams

  • Best Practices in the Population Assessment of Problem Gambling

    Robert J. Williams;Rachel A. Volberg

  • Incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome in northeastern Manitoba.

    Robert J. Williams;Felix S. Odaibo;Janet M. McGee

  • The Proportion of Gaming Revenue Derived from Problem Gamblers: Examining the Issues in a Canadian Context

    Robert J. Williams;Robert T. Wood

  • ‘How Much Money Do You Spend on Gambling?’ The Comparative Validity of Question Wordings Used to Assess Gambling Expenditure

    Robert T. Wood;Robert J. Williams

  • Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: An International Collaboration

    Max Abbott;Per Binde;David Hodgins;David Korn

  • Association of functional variants in the dopamine D2-like receptors with risk for gambling behaviour in healthy Caucasian subjects.

    Daniela S.S. Lobo;Daniela S.S. Lobo;Renan P. Souza;Renan P. Souza;Ryan P. Tong;Ryan P. Tong;David M. Casey

  • Quinte longitudinal study of gambling and problem gambling

    Robert J. Williams;Robert G. Hann;Donald Peter Schopflocher;Beverly L. West

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Hodgins
David C. Hodgins University of Calgary
Rachel A. Volberg
Rachel A. Volberg University of Massachusetts Amherst
Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Paul Delfabbro
Paul Delfabbro University of Adelaide
Martin L. Lalumière
Martin L. Lalumière University of Ottawa
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sherry H. Stewart
Sherry H. Stewart Dalhousie University
Jeffrey L. Derevensky
Jeffrey L. Derevensky McGill University

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