CURRENT FUNDING
International Center for Responsible Gaming
Modernized and Personalized Prevention of College Student Gambling Harm
September 2024 - August 2027
Role: Principal investigator
PREVIOUS FUNDING
International Center for Responsible Gaming
A Meta-Analytic Research Domain on Psychological Treatments for Gambling Harm
September 2023 - August 2024
Role: Principal investigator
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (*indicates undergraduate or graduate student co-author)
*Forman, D. P., *Boughter, J. R., McAfee, N. W., Ginley, M. K., Whelan, J. P., & Pfund, R. A. (in press). Motivational interviewing-informed interventions for problem gambling and gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001069
Cuijpers, P., Harrier, M., Miguel, C., Ciharova, M., Papola, D., Furukawa, T., Basic, D., Botella, C., Cristea, I., de Ponti, N., Donker, T., Driessen, E., Franco, P., Gómez Gómez, I., Hamblen, J., Orenga, N. J., Karyotaki, E., Keshen, A., Linardon, J., Motrico, E., Panagiotopoulou, O. M., Pfund, R. A., Plessen, C. Y., Riper, H., Schnurr, P. P., Sijbrandij, M., Toffolo, M., Tong, L., van Ballegooijen, W., van der Ven, E., van Straten, A., & Wang, Y. (2025). Cognitive behavior therapy for mental disorders in adults: A unified series of meta-analyses across 375 randomized trials. JAMA Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0482
Hasselle, A. J., Srisarajivakul, E. N., *Garza, A., *Thomsen, K. N., *Stobbe, R. A., & Pfund, R. A. (2025). Effectiveness of DBT skills groups as a universal school-based social emotional learning program for adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Adolescent Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-025-00259-1
Pfund, R. A., Ginley, M. K., Boness, C. L., Rash, C. J., Zajac, K., & Witkiewitz, K. (2024). Contingency management for drug use disorders: Meta-analysis and application of Tolin’s criteria. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 31, 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000121
Pfund, R. A., Ginley, M. K., Kim, H. S., Boness, C. L., *Horn, T. L., & Whelan, J. P. (2023). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for gambling harm: Umbrella review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 105, 102336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102336
ONGOING STUDIES
Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Gambling Disorder among 2- and 4-Year College Students
Meta-Analysis of Psychological Treatment Response for Gambling Disorder
Meta-Analysis of Pharmacological Treatment Response for Gambling Disorder