Dr Philip Newall
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
My primary research interest is gambling psychology, where I have done research on various applied/policy issues and also done more theoretical work on the determinants of gambling-related harm.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Attempting to understand the mixed results for the illusion-of-control in gambling
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/05/2025 to 30/04/2026
Publications
Recent publications
16/02/2026Cue the sad trombone
Behavioural Public Policy
The 10-item and 20-item gambling harms scale for affected others (GHS-10-AO, GHS-20-AO)
Addictive Behaviors
The relationship between Problem Gambling Severity Index scores and suicidality
Addiction
“99% of gamblers lose in the long run”
Collabra: Psychology
A frequency and content analysis of gambling advertising shown during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
Journal of Gambling Issues
