Table 1.
Demographic and psychometric characteristics of 87 regular (but non-pathological) participating gamblers
| N (%), Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (male) | 74(85.10) | Chasing Questionnaire | |
| Age | 32.78(11.49) | Big wins | 13.47(5.92) |
| Years of education | 14.47(2.92) | Big losses | 10.38(5.23) |
| Near-misses | 4.45(1.85) | ||
| Gambling problems | Total | 28.30(11.92) | |
| Past year | 0.76(1.01) | ||
| Lifetime | 1.59(1.98) | Impulsivity | |
| Attentional | 12.38(3.05) | ||
| Gambling losses (past year) | Motor | 22.87(3.56) | |
| < £100 | 61(70.1) | Non-planning | 23.67(4.64) |
| £100 - £500 | 19(21.8) | Total score | 59.26(9.61) |
| > £500 | 6(6.9) | ||
| Gambling-related cognitive biases | |||
| Gambling frequency (past year) | Gambling expectancies | 12.53(4.82) | |
| Once or a few times | 24(27.6) | Illusions of control | 7.38(4.30) |
| 1-3 times a month | 12(13.8) | Predictive control | 16.87(6.47) |
| 1-3 times a week | 40(46.0) | Perceived inability to stop | 8.82(5.09) |
| Daily | 11(12.6) | Interpretive control/bias | 12.11(5.04) |
| Total score | 57.90(19.70) | ||
| Affect | |||
| State positive | 33.01(6.29) | ||
| State negative | 12.17(3.70) |
Gambling problems - National Opinion Research Centre (NORC) DSM-IV gambling screen (Hodgins, 2004); Affect – Positive and Negative Affective Scales (PANAS; Watson et al., 1988); Chasing Questionnaire (CHQ; O'Connor & Dickerson, 2003); Impulsivity – Barratt's Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11; Patton et al., 1995); Gambling-related cognitive biases – Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS; Raylu & Oei, 2004).