Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics for Ever Risky and Nonrisky Drinking Pathological Gamblers
| Descriptive Variables | Risky Drinkers (n = 76) |
Nonrisky Drinkers (n = 87) |
Statistic | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study (%) | Χ2(1) = 3.61 | .06 | ||
| Petry et al. (2006) | 79 | 66 | ||
| Petry et al. (2010) | 21 | 34 | ||
| Treatment Condition (%) | Χ2(3) = 6.59 | .09 | ||
| GA Referral Only | 21 | 15 | ||
| GA + Workbook | 29 | 23 | ||
| GA + CBT | 42 | 40 | ||
| GA + CBT + CM | 8 | 22 | ||
| Ethnicity (%) | FET = 4.27 | .12 | ||
| Caucasian | 82 | 91 | ||
| African American | 12 | 3 | ||
| Other | 7 | 6 | ||
| Marital Status (%) | FET = 6.37 | .09 | ||
| Single | 41 | 24 | ||
| Married/remarried | 40 | 42 | ||
| Divorced, separated, widowed | 17 | 28 | ||
| Partnered (not married) | 2 | 6 | ||
| Male (%) | 71 | 56 | Χ2(1) = 3.78 | .05 |
| Age | 40.4 (11.1) | 48.9 (11.1) | t(161) = 4.88 | <.001 |
| Years Education | 12.5 (1.8) | 12.5 (1.8) | t(161) = 0.25 | .80 |
| Median Past Year Earned Income (IQR) |
$27K ($11–47) | $31K ($10–50) | z = −0.32 | .75 |
| SOGS Scores Lifetime | 13.1 (3.4) | 12.1 (3.5) | t(161) = −1.96 | .05 |
| Baseline Gambling (Past 60 Days) | ||||
| Days Gambled | 23.0 (17.4) | 20.5 (17.2) | t(161) = −0.93 | .35 |
| Median Dollars (IQR) | $2973 ($1096–7550) |
$3620 ($1504–9900) |
z = −0.94 | .35 |
| Pre-treatment Drinking Behavior | ||||
| Drinking Weeks (Out of 12) | 6.6 (4.4) | 4.6 (4.6) | t(161) = −2.74 | <.001 |
| Drinking Days (Out of 84) | 21.3 (25.9) | 8.4 (14.8) | t(116) = −3.83 | <.001 |
| Drinks per Drinking Day | 5.0 (3.9) | 1.5 (0.6) | t(71) = −7.37 | <.001 |
| Baseline ASI Scores | ||||
| Medical | 0.26 (0.29) | 0.36 (0.34) | t(161) = 1.86 | .07 |
| Employment | 0.24 (0.27) | 0.24 (0.25) | t(160) = −0.05 | .96 |
| Gambling | 0.68 (0.21) | 0.68 (0.19) | t(161) = 0.08 | .94 |
| Alcohol | 0.17 (0.17) | 0.06 (0.07) | t(97) = −5.64 | <.001 |
| Drug | 0.02 (0.07) | 0.01 (0.03) | t(103) = −1.47 | .15 |
| Legal | 0.07 (0.17) | 0.04 (0.12) | t(130) = −1.24 | .22 |
| Family/Social | 0.26 (0.21) | 0.22 (0.21) | t(161) = −1.29 | .20 |
| Psychiatric | 0.28 (0.21) | 0.27 (0.21) | t(161) = −0.28 | .78 |
Note. Values presented are means (standard deviations) unless otherwise specified. Changes in ttest degrees of freedom reflect use of corrections for unequal variance between groups with the exception of ASI Employment (1 missing case). GA = Gamblers Anonymous, CBT = Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CM = Contingency Management, SOGS = South Oak Gambling Screen, ASI = Addiction Severity Index, FET = Fisher’s Exact Test. IQR = Inter-quartile range.