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Mark D. Griffiths is an English chartered psychologist focusing in the field of behavioural addictions, namely gambling disorder, gaming addiction, Internet addiction, sex addiction, and work addiction. He is a Professor of Gambling Studies at Nottingham Trent University, and director of the International Gaming Research Unit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/dr-mark-d-griffiths-phd )〕 He is the author of several books including ''Gambling Addiction and its Treatment Within the NHS'', ''Gambling and Gaming Addictions in Adolescence'', and ''Adolescent Gambling''. He has also authored over 400 refereed papers, 70 book chapters and more than 1,000 articles,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/dr-mark-d-griffiths-phd )〕 and has won several awards for his research, including a Lifetime Achievement Award For Contributions to the Field of Youth Gambling in 2006 and International Excellence Award For Gambling Research in 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/staff_profiles/staff_directory/125054-3/26/Mark_Griffiths.aspx )〕 ==Education and career== Griffiths graduated with a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bradford. He began teaching in 1988 while working on his PhD at Exeter University. He was a lecturer for the Workers' Education Association and did weekly support teaching at Exeter University. He completed his PhD thesis on fruit machine addiction at Exeter University in 1990.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.psychblog.co.uk/interview-the-gambling-man-prof-mark-griffiths-119.html )〕 Having acquired his degree, in 1990 he started his first full-time lectureship at the University of Plymouth, where he also gained his teaching qualifications. In 1995 he moved to Nottingham Trent University, where he has worked since and is currently a Professor of Gambling Studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_18-editionID_130-ArticleID_968-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist%5C1205amen.pdf )〕 Over the course of his career, Griffiths has served on over 20 national and international committees, including the European Association for the Study of Gambling, Society for the Study of Gambling, Gamblers Anonymous General Services Board, National Council on Gambling, and Gamcare. He is an editorial board member of ''International Gambling Studies'', ''Journal of Gambling Issues'', ''International Journal of Casino and Business'', ''International Journal of Cyber Behavior'', ''Psychology and Learning'', and ''Aloma: Revista de Psicologia'', and has advised governmental bodies in the UK, Australia, Canada, Israel, Finland, Sweden and Norway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/staff_profiles/staff_directory/125054-3/26/Mark_Griffiths.aspx )〕 Over the past five years Griffiths and members of the Gaming Research Unit have worked with various international and national game companies to help develop social responsibility guidelines and policies, carry out audits of social responsibility practices within online and offline gaming environments, develop harm minimisation practices within gaming environments, help design safer gaming products and assess psychosocial impact of new games, and provide research and consultancy services in the psychology of gaming practices. Some of these companies include the United Kingdom Gambling Commission, the Canadian Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, the Irish National Lottery, and Casino Cosmopol.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/staff_profiles/staff_directory/125054-2/26/Mark_Griffiths.aspx )〕 In early 2007, Griffiths opposed the hosting of a super-style casino in Blackpool, arguing that it "wasn't typical in terms of demographics, and that the proposed seafront location was too close to the poorest residential areas of town," and supporting the location of the casino in Manchester. In 2014, Griffiths was featured in an extensive interview with RightCasino.com.〔http://www.rightcasino.com/news/dr-mark-griffiths-on-gambling/〕 In the course of the discussion, he recommended that the commercial gambling industry emulate the Camelot Group, who derive their profits from a comparatively large pool of customers, thus spreading the financial and social impact of gambling losses. He also described the proclivity of adolescents to develop addictive behaviours through playing free, casino-style games on social media platforms (e.g. Zynga Poker). He criticised such games as the "number one risk factor for adolescent gambling addiction." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark D. Griffiths」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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