
Profiles
Dr Stuart Spicer
PenARC Research Fellow
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
I am currently a Research Fellow in two roles. My primary position is in applied healthcare, as a member of PenARC (NIHR Applied Research Collaboration: South West Peninsula). My additional position is in the psychology of gaming and gambling, within the School of Psychology. I have a background in both quantitative and qualitative research, and my current interests include mental health, wellbeing, addictive behaviour, gambling, and dementia.
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology - University of Plymouth (2020)
- MSc Psychology - University of Nottingham (2015)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”' Addictive Behaviors 131, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Loot box engagement: relationships with educational attainment, employment status and earnings in a cohort of 16,000 UK gamers' Addiction , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Gambling and Gaming in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Lockdown' COVID 2, 187-101 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Theory protection: do humans protect existing associative links?' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition 48, (1) 1-16 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Development and validation of the RAFFLE; a measure of Reasons And Facilitators for Loot box Engagement' Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, (24) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis' New Media and Society , DOI Open access
(2021) 'It’s the attraction of winning that draws you in” – A qualitative investigation of reasons and facilitators for videogame loot box engagement in UK gamers' Journal of Clinical Medicine , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Similarities and differences: Comment on Chan et al' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Representing uncertainty in the Rescorla-Wagner model: Blocking, the redundancy effect, and outcome base rate' Open Journal of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience 1, 14-21 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?' Addictive Behaviors 117, 106851-106851 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Theory protection in associative learning: humans maintain certain beliefs in a manner that violates prediction error' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Crossing boundaries: Global reorientation following transfer from the inside to the outside of an arena' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , DOI Open access