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. 2023 May 7;40(1):181–200. doi: 10.1007/s10899-023-10211-4

Table 5.

Bivariate Correlations Between Gambling Harm Items, Parent Factors and Current Wellbeing Outcomes

Dep-ression Anxiety General health PTSD Alcohol abuse Smoking Drug use IPV Victim-isation IPV perp-etration Lifetime gambling problems
Gambling harm to children-items
Physical abuse .17* .23* .13 .33* .01 .02  − .04 .12 .17*  − .00
Verbal abuse .20* .28*  − .09 .39*  − .07 .06 .02 .24* .19*  − .10
Unsupervised .07 .28* .05 .24* .13 .12 .03 .22* .23*  − .02
No money .02 .16  − .04 .20* .09 .03  − .19* .09 .06  − .11
Witness violence .16* .22*  − .08 .26*  − .01 .04 .00 .08 .15  − .01
Child welfare call .16* .16*  − .10 .22* .17* .10 .05 .09 .18*  − .02 − 
Emotional distress .04 .10  − .04 .24* .01  − .01  − .09 .21* .16*  − .22*
Relationship problems .07 .23*  − .03 .28*  − 0.09  − .01  − .05 .28* .14  − .22*
Gambling parent factors
Parent PG severity .02 .14 .07 .24* .03  − .06  − .12 .11 .06  − .26*
Two gambling parents .03  − .09  − .11 .02 .09 .04  − .05 .24* .09 .10
Years exposed to parental gambling  − 0.05  − 0.05  − 0.05 0.01 0.07  − 0.02 0.19 0.19 0.01 0.01
Responsive parenting  − .20*  − .20* .09  − .27* .11  − .06  − .04  − .29*  − .17* .08
Primary gambling parent gendera  − .11*  − .19* .14  − .11 .09 .03 .07  − .16*  − .20*  − .06

*p < .05; PG  problem gambling; PTSD  post traumatic stress disorder, IPV  intimate partner violence