Table 1.
Study 1 Actual versus perceived injunctive gambling norms where the reference group is “other students”
|
Actual Injunctive Norm How do you feel about other students when they… |
Perceived Injunctive Norm How do you think most UW students feel about other students when they… |
t | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Gamble sometimes. | 3.45 | 0.81 | 3.51 | 0.68 | −3.75*** |
| Gamble often. | 2.53 | 0.88 | 2.81 | 0.78 | −14.59*** |
| Go to places where gambling occurs. | 3.35 | 0.79 | 3.43 | 0.73 | −4.85*** |
| Spend $20 or more/week on gambling. | 2.59 | 0.90 | 2.91 | 0.79 | −15.33*** |
| Spend $100 or more/week on gambling. | 1.79 | 0.83 | 2.17 | 0.81 | −19.63*** |
| Play poker machines. | 2.97 | 0.86 | 3.28 | 0.74 | −17.15*** |
| Buy lottery tickets. | 3.31 | 0.88 | 3.50 | 0.78 | −10.23*** |
| Gamble instead of doing homework. | 1.80 | 0.76 | 2.23 | 0.76 | −22.45*** |
| Charge gambling debt to credit cards. | 1.51 | 0.72 | 1.99 | 0.76 | −27.96*** |
| Borrow money to gamble with. | 1.44 | 0.68 | 1.93 | 0.76 | −28.30*** |
| Return another day to win back money lost gambling. | 1.91 | 0.85 | 1.93 | 0.76 | −1.12 |
| Gamble with more money than intended. | 1.99 | 0.77 | 2.32 | 0.79 | −17.12*** |
| Miss school because of gambling. | 1.52 | 0.70 | 1.95 | 0.78 | −23.76*** |
| Miss work because of gambling. | 1.42 | 0.63 | 1.79 | 0.71 | −22.95*** |
| Neglect responsibilities in order to gamble. | 1.41 | 0.62 | 1.78 | 0.69 | −23.51*** |
| Use money needed for other things (e.g., rent or tuition) to gamble. | 1.34 | 0.61 | 1.66 | 0.70 | −21.25*** |
Note. N’s ranged from 2472 to 2509 depending on missing data.
P < .001