The relationship between problem gambling, excessive gaming, psychological distress and spending on loot boxes in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the United States—A cross-national survey

• Aaron Drummond ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.drummond@massey.ac.nz

  Affiliations School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, Manawatu, Aotearoa New Zealand, International Media Psychology Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-072X

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• James D. Sauer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Media Psychology Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• Christopher J. Ferguson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, United States of America

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• Lauren C. Hall

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, Manawatu, Aotearoa New Zealand, International Media Psychology Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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