John Cunningham 2024

Randomized controlled trial of a smartphone app designed to reduce unhealthy alcohol consumption

John Cunningham, Alexandra Godinho, Christina Schell, Joseph Studer, Jeffrey Wardell, Claire Garnett, Nicolas Bertholet

Unhealthy alcohol use is common and causes tremendous harm. Most people with unhealthy alcohol use will never seek formal alcohol treatment. As an alternative, smartphone apps have been developed as one means to provide…

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Assessing the Prevalence of Cannabis Use Through a Survey About Criminal Activity Versus One About Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

John Cunningham & Pengchen Dai

Background: The prevalence of cannabis use in the United Kingdom might be underestimated using the Crime Survey of England and Wales. The current study examined whether responding to questions…

Perceptions of the Seriousness of Different Addictive Behaviors in the United Kingdom

John Cunningham & Jirapart Limaksorn

Background: Societal beliefs about the seriousness of different addictions were assessed in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: An online panel, conducted in 2021 and sampled to be representative of the UK general population…

Remaining Between the Cracks - The Long-Term Effect of Different Suicide Risk Exclusion Criterion on Outcomes of an Online Intervention for Depression

Alexandra Godinho, Christina Schell, John Cunningham

Previous studies have demonstrated that excluding individuals at risk of suicide from online depression interventions can impact recruited sample characteristics...

Evaluating the impact of motivational interviewing on engagement and outcomes in a web-based self-help intervention for gambling disorder: A randomised controlled trial

Brad Brazeau, John Cunningham & David Hodgins.

Self-paced internet interventions for gambling problems offer cost-effective, accessible, and private alternatives to traditional psychotherapy for a population that rarely seeks help…

Applying the Canadian Low-Risk Gambling Guidelines to Gambling Harm Reduction in England

Eleanor Rochester & John Cunningham

There is a need for evidence-based guidelines for gamblers who wish to reduce their risk of harm by setting self-directed limits on their gambling. Recognizing this…

Examining Changes in Quality of Life as an Outcome Measure in Three Randomized Controlled Trials of Online Interventions That Included an Intervention for Hazardous Alcohol Use

Christina Schell, Alexandra Godinho & John Cunningham

Quality of life (QOL) summarizes an individual’s perceived satisfaction across multiple life domains. Many factors can impact this measure, but…

Learning to quit: can reinforcement theories predict the success of smoking cessation attempts using nicotine replacement therapy patches in a general population sample of smokers at 8-weeks and 6-months follow-up?

Christina Schell, Alexandra Godinho & John Cunningham.

Primary, secondary, and tertiary reinforcement contribute to the maintenance of smoking behaviour and may influence the efficacy of different cessation treatments…