Inside Behavior Analysis
Volume 1 | 2009 | Number 1
Behaviorists Interested in Gambling
By Simon Dymond
The mission of the BIG SIG is to foster and promote research on gambling and treatments for problem gambling from a behavioral perspective. Meeting this mission is important for behavior analysis because we as a field have much to contribute to the large literature on gambling.
Towards this end, members of the BIG SIG regularly present their work at the ABAI annual convention. The BIG SIG publishes the journal, Analysis of Gambling Behavior. Originally published online, Analysis of Gambling Behavior is now housed at the University of North Dakota. UND will print the journal (two issues per year) and share ownership with Dr. Jeff Weatherly. Back issues will soon be available on line.
Volume II Issue 2 of Analysis of Gambling Behavior contains a special section on delay discounting and pathological gambling, which brings together a theoretical account of problem gambling from Fantino and Stolarz-Fantino as well as fourteen commentaries from an impressive list of authors (Catania, Potenza, Dymond, Weatherly, Derevensky, DeLeon, Madden, Hantula, Lyons, Hayes, Ghezzi, Borrero, Arntzen, and Ninness).
Efforts are underway to have Analysis of Gambling Behavior included in PsychInfo, which will help raise the profile of behavior-analytic research on gambling. Authors are encouraged to consider the journal as an outlet for their work.
To take out a subscription to Analysis of Gambling Behavior ($40: Professionals & Institutions; $20: Students), contact Dr. Jeff Weatherly (jeffrey_weatherly@und.nodak.edu), Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380.
To find out more about the BIG SIG, send an email to BIGSIG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or visit http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BIGSIG