Table 2.
Pearson correlations between the general factor, the specific gambling factor, the specific alcohol factor, and motives for drinking and gambling
| General factor | Gambling specific | Alcohol specific | ||||
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Drinking Motives | ||||||
| Social | .276*** | −.063 | .047 | −.291* | .319*** | .579*** |
| Coping | .249** | .023 | .325*** | −1.062 | .292*** | .377** |
| Enhancement | .239** | −.191 | −.016 | −.312* | .373*** | .606*** |
| Conformity | .165† | −.107 | .232** | −.081 | .068 | .218† |
| Gambling motives | ||||||
| For money | .425*** | .411*** | .293*** | .485*** | −.111 | −.319** |
| Enjoyment | .240** | .631*** | −.066 | .268* | −.076 | −.156 |
| Excitement | .260** | .522*** | .053 | .270* | −.024 | −.086 |
| Social reasons | .052 | .508*** | −.097 | .115 | .009 | −.029 |
| Boredom | .085 | .305* | .153† | .385** | .012 | .010 |
| To win | .277*** | .333** | .302*** | .390*** | −.160† | −.006 |
| Competitiveness | .296*** | .300* | .178* | .260* | −.042 | .263* |
| Conformity | −.009 | .170 | .070 | .162 | .025 | .022 |
| Risk taking | .235** | .205 | .295*** | .241† | −.053 | .116 |
| Skill | .215* | .367** | .115 | .230† | −.124 | .166 |
| Interest | .294*** | .458*** | .084 | .361** | −.060 | .089 |
| To escape/cope | .199* | .121 | .256** | .276* | .080 | −.012 |
| For the challenge | .319*** | .337** | .202* | .120 | −.256** | .144 |
| To drink | .482*** | .428*** | .118 | −.072 | .290*** | .302* |
| Luck | .401*** | .300* | .253** | .430*** | −.019 | −.118 |
| Chasing | .351*** | .271* | .493*** | .473*** | −.034 | −.245† |
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p<.001;
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p<.01;
*
p<.05;
†
p<.1