. 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 3.

Study 2 Correlations among own approval of gambling, perceived approval of gambling by others, and gambling behavior

	Own approval	Perceived approval by friends	Perceived approval by family	Perceived approval by other students	Gambling frequency	Gambling expenditure
Own approval	–	.35^***	.37^***	.37^***	.27^***	.27^***
Perceived approval friends	.35^***	–	.44^***	.06	.43^***	.33^***
Perceived approval family	.37^***	.44^***	–	.10^*	.18^***	.15^***
Perceived approval other students	.37^***	.06	.10^*	–	−.14^**	−.13^**
Gambling frequency	.27^***	.43^***	.18^***	−.14^**	–	.69^***
Gambling expenditure	.26^***	.33^***	.15^***	−.13^**	.69^***	–

Note. N’s ranged from 535 to 560 depending on missing data.

P < .05.

^**

P < .01.

^***

P < .001