 Professor
James D. A. Parker has received a multi-year grant from the Ontario Problem
Gambling Research Centre ($168,212) for 2005-2006. These funds will allow
Professor Parker and colleagues in the Emotion and Health Research Laboratory
at Trent University to study the link between various emotional competencies
and gambling behaviours in adolescents at risk for a variety of mental
health problems.
Recent research has demonstrated that problem gambling behaviour is on
the rise among adolescents in Canada. Professor Parker's project
will explore whether existing mental health problems predispose adolescents
to problem gambling. A clinical sample of adolescent outpatients experiencing
a broad range of mental health problems will be used to explore the relationships
among emotional competency, gambling behaviours and a constellation of
related problems (e.g., substance abuse, video/computer game addiction,
and internet addiction). This study has the potential to significantly
contribute to our understanding of the vulnerability factors related to
a broad range of addiction-related problem behaviors in adolescents, as
well as the prevalence of these behaviors in different clinical groups.
Professor Parker holds the Canada Research Chair in Emotion and Health
and is also the Associate Vice-President for Research at Trent University.
Posted February 3, 2005
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