. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Gambl Stud. 2007 Mar 30;23(3):259–273. doi: 10.1007/s10899-007-9059-3

Table 2.

Study 1 Gambling behavior as a function of attitudes and perceived approval of gambling by other students

Outcome	Predictor	B	SE	β	t
Gambling frequency	Perceived approval	−4.91	.37	−.25	−13.13^***
Gambling frequency	Attitude	7.69	.31	.39	20.75^***
Gambling expenditure	Perceived approval	−3.47	.31	−.22	−11.28^***
Gambling expenditure	Attitude	5.60	.31	.35	18.37^***
SOGS Score	Perceived approval	−.40	.06	−.14	−6.90^***
SOGS Score	Attitude	.56	.06	.20	9.76^***
DSM criteria	Perceived approval	−.28	.05	−.12	−6.02^***
DSM criteria	Attitude	.59	.05	.25	12.49^***

Note. R² = .17 for frequency. R² = .21 for expenditure. R² = .25 for DSM criteria. R² = .21 for SOGS scores.

N’s ranged from 2505 to 2513 depending on missing data.

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P < .001