usyd School of Psychology
Faculty of Science
 

A/Prof Michael Walker PhD (Oxford)

 
 

Position: Senior Lecturer

Office: Rm 442, Brennan MacCallum Building

Ph: +61 2 9351 2199
Fax: +61 2 9351 2603
Email: michaelw@psych.usyd.edu.au

Postal Address:
School of Psychology
Brennan MacCallum Building (A18)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia


Qualifications:

• BSc (Western Australia)
• BA
(Adelaide)

• PhD (Oxford)

Professional Memberships:

• Member, National ssociation for Gambling Studies
• Member, New South Wales Council on Problem Gambling

 

Research Interests

Teaching Responsbilities

 

Research Interests:

Gambling strategies
M
otivation to gamble
C
auses of excessive gambling
T
herapies for problem gambling
Nonverbal signals in social interaction
T
urn taking in conversation cross-culturally
Parental discipline with children

 

Teaching Responsibilities:

Introductory Psychology
Social Psychology
Addiction and Gambling

 

Recent Publications:

2006

Walker, M., Toneatto, T., Potenza, M,, Petry, N., Ladouceur, R., Hodgins, D., El-Guebaly, N., Echeburua, E., & Blaszczynski, A. (2006). A framework for reporting outcomes in problem gambling treatment research: The Banff, Alberta concensus. Addiction, 101, 504-511.

2005

Blaszczynski, A.P., Sharpe, L., Walker, M.B., Coughlan, M. & Shannon, K. (2005). Structural Characteristics of electronic gaming machines and satisfaction of play among recreational and problem gamblers. International Gambling Studies, 5, 187-198.

Sharpe, L, Walker, M., Coughlan, M., Shannon, K., & Blaszczynski, A. (2005). Structural changes to electronic gaming machines as effective harm minimization strategies for non-problem and problem gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies. 21, 503-520.

Thompson, A., Walker, M., Milton, S., & Djukic, E. (2005). Explaining the high false positive rate of the South Oaks Gambling Screen. International Gambling Studies. 5, 45-56.

Walker, M. (2005). Problems in measuring the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for pathological gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 21, 79-90.

Walker, M., Schellinck, T., and Anjoul, F. (2005). Explaining why people gamble. In Zanganeh, M., Blaszczynski, A., and Turner, N. (Eds.), Problem Gambling: A Multi-disciplinary Textbook. Toronto: PAS e-Publishing Services.

2004

Walker , M. B. (2004). The seductiveness of poker machines. Gambling Research, 16(2): 52 – 67.

 

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