Dr Glen Dighton

Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health (parental leave cover)

Psychology

glen.dighton@swansea.ac.uk

Postgraduate Room - 721A
Seventh Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-5114

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About

Dr Glen Dighton is currently a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health, and a Research Officer for the Centre for Military Gambling Research at Swansea University.

His past research roles include Research Facilitation Officer for the Gambling Research, Education, and Treatment Network, Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s Centre for Military Health Research at King’s College London, and Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Swansea University. Dr Dighton also has experience working in Adult Low Secure and in Youth and Adolescent Medium Secure Forensic Psychiatric Services.

Areas Of Expertise

Gambling and related harms
Military and veterans’ mental health
Gambling/Gaming mergence
Behavioural addictions
Procrastination and perfectionism
Qualitative data analysis
Survey methodology

Publications

Research Highlights

Dighton, G., Torrance, J., Newall, P., Andrade, M., & Heath, C. (2025). Gaming the algorithm: ‘Content hijacking’ in on‐line gambling marketing. Addiction, 120(9), 1898-1900.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70093, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70003
SMITH, J., Wright, S., Dighton, G., Dymond, S., & Torrance, J. (2025). The Influence of Family on Gambling Behaviours: A Rapid Review of Emergent Literature. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 0
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01505-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69536
Jones, M., Champion, H., Dighton, G., Larcombe, J., Fossey, M., & Dymond, S. (2024). Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel. BMJ Military Health, 0, e002726
https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2024-002726, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66528
Dighton, G., Treacy, S., Hoon, A., & Dymond, S. (2025). Gambling-related harm as experienced by UK Armed Forces veterans and affected others: a thematic framework analysis. BMJ Military Health, 0, military-2025.
https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2025-003028, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69959
Rayner, C., Treacy, S., Dighton, G., Champion, H., & Dymond, S. (2025). Screening and Assessment of Gambling in Military Populations: A Systematic Review and Gap Analysis. Current Addiction Reports, 12(64)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00677-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69868

All Research

Journal Articles

Wright, S., Smith, J., Dighton, G., Quigley, M., & Dymond, S. (2025). Electronic Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (e-SBIRT) for Gambling Harm: A Mixed-methods Acceptability Study. Journal of Gambling Studies
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-025-10424-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70217
Dighton, G., Torrance, J., Newall, P., Andrade, M., & Heath, C. (2025). Gaming the algorithm: ‘Content hijacking’ in on‐line gambling marketing. Addiction, 120(9), 1898-1900.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70093, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70003
Dighton, G., Treacy, S., Hoon, A., & Dymond, S. (2025). Gambling-related harm as experienced by UK Armed Forces veterans and affected others: a thematic framework analysis. BMJ Military Health, 0, military-2025.
https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2025-003028, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69959
Rayner, C., Treacy, S., Dighton, G., Champion, H., & Dymond, S. (2025). Screening and Assessment of Gambling in Military Populations: A Systematic Review and Gap Analysis. Current Addiction Reports, 12(64)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00677-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69868
SMITH, J., Wright, S., Dighton, G., Dymond, S., & Torrance, J. (2025). The Influence of Family on Gambling Behaviours: A Rapid Review of Emergent Literature. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 0
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01505-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69536
Jones, M., Champion, H., Dighton, G., Larcombe, J., Fossey, M., & Dymond, S. (2024). Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel. BMJ Military Health, 0, e002726
https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2024-002726, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66528
Whiteford, S., Quigley, M., Dighton, G., Wood, K., Kitchiner, N., Armour, C., & Dymond, S. (2024). Anxiety, distress tolerance, and the relationship between complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use in veterans. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(1), 158-169.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23604, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64796
Williamson, C., Jones, M., Palmer, L., Dighton, G., Burdett, H., Sharp, M., & Fear, N. (2023). Anger Among UK Ex-Service Military Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 211(12), 940-947.
https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001681, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001681
Dymond, S., Dighton, G., Hoon, A., Roderique-Davies, G., John, B., & Bowden-Jones, H. (2023). The ongoing need for NHS gambling harms services in Wales: time to put words into action. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1277435, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64798
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1277435
Dighton, G., Wood, K., Armour, C., Fossey, M., Hogan, L., Kitchiner, N., Larcombe, J., Rogers, R., & Dymond, S. (2023). Gambling problems among United Kingdom armed forces veterans: Associations with gambling motivation and posttraumatic stress disorder. International Gambling Studies, 23(1), 35-56.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2022.2063923, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59880
Champion, H., Pritchard, A., Dighton, G., & Dymond, S. (2022). Gambling problems and help-seeking in serving United Kingdom military personnel: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1003457, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62189
Zolkwer, M., Dighton, G., Singer, B., & Dymond, S. (2022). Gambling Problems among Students Attending University in the United Kingdom: Associations with Gender, Financial Hardship and Year of Study. Journal of Gambling Issues(2022)
https://doi.org/10.4309/fypo3349, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62076
Solomon, N., Gribble, R., Dighton, G., Evans, S., Taylor-Beirne, S., Chesnokov, M., & Fear, N. (2022). The mental health and well-being among partners and children of military personnel and veterans with a combat-related physical injury: A scoping review of the quantitative research. Disability and Health Journal, 15(3), 101283
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101283, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101283
Harris, S., Pockett, R., Dighton, G., Wood, K., Armour, C., Fossey, M., Hogan, L., Kitchiner, N., Larcombe, J., Rogers, R., & Dymond, S. (2021). Social and economic costs of gambling problems and related harm among UK military veterans. BMJ Military Health, 169(5), bmjmilitary-2021.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001892, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57868
Roberts, E., Dighton, G., Fossey, M., Hogan, L., Kitchiner, N., Rogers, R., & Dymond, S. (2020). Gambling Problems and Military- and Health-Related Behaviour in UK Armed Forces Veterans. Military Behavioral Health, 8(2), 212-221.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2019.1644263, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2019.1644263
Kobori, O., Dighton, G., & Hunter, R. (2020). Does perfectionism impact adherence to homework assignment? A preliminary pilot study of perfectionism and procrastination of CBT homework. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(2), 243-247.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465819000547, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52824
Dighton, G., Roberts, E., Hoon, A., & Dymond, S. (2018). Gambling problems and the impact of family in UK armed forces veterans. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(2), 355-365.
https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.25, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.25

Other Research Outputs

Gribble, R., Spikol, E., Parkes, S., Dighton, G., Palmer, L., McShane, T., Armour, C., & Fear, N. (2024). The UK Veterans Family Study: Psychological health, wellbeing, and social support among UK veteran families
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65572
https://s31949.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/UKVFS-report-3-2023-FINAL-230224b.pdf