Table 2.

Characteristics of Stealing Behavior, Among Students Who Report Stealing

Characteristic	Level	Non-Kleptomania Stealing (n=608)		Kleptomania (n=29)		X2	p
		n	%	n	%
Frequency of stealing in a typical week	<7 times	458	75.33	15	51.72	14.11	0.0028
	7–14 times	46	7.57	3	10.34
	15+ times	104	17.11	11	37.93
Ever tried to cut back?*		195	32.07	29	100	56.02	<0.0001
Family expressed concern?		109	17.93	23	79.31	63.48	<0.0001
Missed activities to steal?		66	10.87	17	58.62	55.61	<0.0001
Do you think you have a problem?		80	13.2	28	96.55	136.22	<0.0001
Experienced irresistable urge to steal?*		136	22.37	29	100	86.91	<0.0001
Experienced growing tension only relieved by stealing?*		55	9.05	29	100	200.02	<0.0001
Total number of items endorsed	0	288	47.37	0	0	448.26	<0.0001
	1	136	22.37	0	0
	2	88	14.47	0	0
	3	62	10.2	1	3.45
	4	27	4.44	4	13.79
	5	7	1.15	8	27.59
	6	0	0	16	55.17

^*These are required to be in the Kleptomania group;

Ns represent actual number of respondents in each category;

%s indicate weighted percentages