. 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 4.

Study 2 Gambling behavior as a function of own approval of gambling and perceived approval of gambling by others

Outcome	Predictor	B	SE	β	t
Gambling frequency	Own approval	5.11	.86	.26	5.95^***
	Perceived approval friends	4.87	.57	.37	8.59^***
	Perceived approval family	−.60	.57	−.04	−1.03
	Perceived approval other students	−4.60	.58	−.26	−6.38^***
Gambling expenditure	Own approval	4.16	.71	.27	5.87^***
	Perceived approval friends	2.82	.47	.27	6.03^***
	Perceived approval family	−.21	.48	−.01	−.44
	Perceived approval other students	−3.52	.59	−.25	−5.93^***

Note. R² = .26 for frequency.

R² = .20 for expenditure.

N’s were 534 for frequency and 534 for expenditure.

^***

P < .001