Dr Jamie Torrance

Lecturer in Psychology, Psychology

jamie.torrance@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-4126

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About

Dr Jamie Torrance is a Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology at Swansea University. His areas of expertise include the content and impacts of gambling advertising, how gambling products are designed, and developing harm-reduction strategies from a public health perspective. For example, Dr Torrance is currently focusing on understanding the harms associated with online sports betting alongside the development of an educational brief intervention aimed at increasing scepticism towards gambling advertising. Dr Torrance has conducted numerous projects that were externally funded by organisations such as the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG), Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO), and GambleAware.

Areas Of Expertise

Gambling-related harm
Gambling advertising
Gambling structural features
Gambling cognitions
Harm reduction
Public Health
Qualitative research

Career Highlights

Award Highlights

Dr Torrance received the ‘Outstanding performance’ and ‘Outstanding dissertation’ awards during his MSc in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology.

Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Torrance, J., Heath, C., Andrade, M., & Newall, P. (2023). Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football: A frequency analysis of in-game logos. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(4), 972-982.
https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00066, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00066
Newall, P., Torrance, J., Russell, A., Rockloff, M., Hing, N., & Browne, M. (2023). ‘Chances are you’re about to lose’: new independent Australian safer gambling messages tested in UK and USA bettor samples. Addiction Research & Theory, 0, 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2282545, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2282545
Newall, P., Allami, Y., Andrade, M., Ayton, P., Baker‐Frampton, R., Bennett, D., Browne, M., Bunn, C., Bush‐Evans, R., Chen, S., Collard, S., Jans, S., Derevensky, J., Dowling, N., Dymond, S., Froude, A., Goyder, E., Heirene, R., Hing, N...., & Roberts, A. (2024). ‘No evidence of harm’ implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research. Addiction, 119(2), 391-396.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16369, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16369
Torrance, J., Heath, C., & Newall, P. (2023). GAMBLING, CRYPTOCURRENCY, AND FINANCIAL TRADING SPONSORSHIP IN HIGH-LEVEL MEN'S SOCCER LEAGUES: AN UPDATE FOR THE 2023/2024 SEASON. Gaming Law Review, 27(10), 497-505.
https://doi.org/10.1089/glr2.2023.0028, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/glr2.2023.0028
Newall, P. & Torrance, J. (2023). Having a Positive Attitude or Doing Good Deeds? An Experimental Investigation of Poker Players’ Responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.89007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.89007
Davies, N., Roderique-Davies, G., Drummond, L., Torrance, J., Sabolova, K., Thomas, S., & John, B. (2023). Accessing the invisible population of low-risk gamblers, issues with screening, testing and theory: a systematic review. Journal of Public Health, 31(8), 1259-1273.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01678-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01678-9
Torrance, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Carroll, J., & Newall, P. (2023). The structural characteristics of online sports betting: a scoping review of current product features and utility patents as indicators of potential future developments. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2241350, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2241350
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Greville, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Davies, N., Sabolova, K., & John, B. (2022). Conceptualising emotional and cognitive dysregulation amongst sports bettors; an exploratory study of ‘tilting’ in a new context. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264000
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264000, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264000
Torrance, J., John, B., Greville, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Davies, N., & Roderique-Davies, G. (2021). Emergent gambling advertising; a rapid review of marketing content, delivery and structural features. BMC Public Health, 21(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10805-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10805-w
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Thomas, S., Davies, N., & John, B. (2021). ‘It’s basically everywhere’: young adults’ perceptions of gambling advertising in the UK. Health Promotion International, 36(4), 976-988.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa126, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65210
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Torrance, J., Bhairon, T., Cousins, A., & John, B. (2020). Embedded Gambling Promotion in Football: An Explorative Study of Cue-Exposure and Urge to Gamble. Journal of Gambling Studies, 36(3), 1013-1025.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09949-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62354

All Research

Journal Articles

Newall, P., Allami, Y., Andrade, M., Ayton, P., Baker‐Frampton, R., Bennett, D., Browne, M., Bunn, C., Bush‐Evans, R., Chen, S., Collard, S., Jans, S., Derevensky, J., Dowling, N., Dymond, S., Froude, A., Goyder, E., Heirene, R., Hing, N...., & Roberts, A. (2024). ‘No evidence of harm’ implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research. Addiction, 119(2), 391-396.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16369, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16369
Torrance, J., Heath, C., Andrade, M., & Newall, P. (2023). Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football: A frequency analysis of in-game logos. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(4), 972-982.
https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00066, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00066
Torrance, J., Heath, C., & Newall, P. (2023). GAMBLING, CRYPTOCURRENCY, AND FINANCIAL TRADING SPONSORSHIP IN HIGH-LEVEL MEN'S SOCCER LEAGUES: AN UPDATE FOR THE 2023/2024 SEASON. Gaming Law Review, 27(10), 497-505.
https://doi.org/10.1089/glr2.2023.0028, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/glr2.2023.0028
Newall, P., Torrance, J., Russell, A., Rockloff, M., Hing, N., & Browne, M. (2023). ‘Chances are you’re about to lose’: new independent Australian safer gambling messages tested in UK and USA bettor samples. Addiction Research & Theory, 0, 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2282545, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2282545
Newall, P. & Torrance, J. (2023). Having a Positive Attitude or Doing Good Deeds? An Experimental Investigation of Poker Players’ Responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.89007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.89007
Davies, N., Roderique-Davies, G., Drummond, L., Torrance, J., Sabolova, K., Thomas, S., & John, B. (2023). Accessing the invisible population of low-risk gamblers, issues with screening, testing and theory: a systematic review. Journal of Public Health, 31(8), 1259-1273.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01678-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01678-9
Torrance, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Carroll, J., & Newall, P. (2023). The structural characteristics of online sports betting: a scoping review of current product features and utility patents as indicators of potential future developments. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2241350, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2241350
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Greville, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Davies, N., Sabolova, K., & John, B. (2022). Conceptualising emotional and cognitive dysregulation amongst sports bettors; an exploratory study of ‘tilting’ in a new context. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264000
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264000, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264000
Torrance, J., John, B., Greville, J., O’Hanrahan, M., Davies, N., & Roderique-Davies, G. (2021). Emergent gambling advertising; a rapid review of marketing content, delivery and structural features. BMC Public Health, 21(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10805-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10805-w
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Thomas, S., Davies, N., & John, B. (2021). ‘It’s basically everywhere’: young adults’ perceptions of gambling advertising in the UK. Health Promotion International, 36(4), 976-988.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa126, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65210
Torrance, J., Roderique-Davies, G., Torrance, J., Bhairon, T., Cousins, A., & John, B. (2020). Embedded Gambling Promotion in Football: An Explorative Study of Cue-Exposure and Urge to Gamble. Journal of Gambling Studies, 36(3), 1013-1025.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09949-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62354

Supervision

Understanding the lived experience of service personnel, veterans, and affected others coping with harm from gambling. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Simon Dymond