Table 2.

Comparison between pathological gamblers and non-gamblers in pathological gambling, emotion regulation, drug and alcohol abuse, and anxious and depressive symptomatology

	Pathological gamblers (n = 167)		Non-gamblers (n = 107)
	M	SD	M	SD	t(df)	d
1. Pathological gambling	10.77	3.36	.47	.76	38.12(191.38)*	4.23
2. Lack of awareness	10.85	4.07	9.30	3.66	3.13(259)**	.40
3. Non-acceptance	20.14	7.99	12.89	6.27	8.00(242.15)*	1.00
4. Lack of clarity	9.43	3.87	7.08	2.65	5.77(252.97)*	.71
5. Goal-oriented behavior	10.77	4.39	9.31	3.73	2.85(242.88)**	.36
6. Lack of control	20.26	14.80	8.72	6.02	5.78(241.96)*	1.02
7. Total emotion reg.	71.44	21.86	52.06	15.62	7.6(213.65)*	1.02
8. Alcohol	1.07	1.42	1.24	1.20	−1.01(247.9)	−.13
9. Drugs	.83	1.36	.28	.76	4.01(232.8)*	.50
10. Anxiety	5.25	4.32	3.60	3.70	3.27(239.9)**	.41
11. Depression	6.65	5.11	3.94	3.33	5.15(255.93)*	.63

Total emotion reg. = Total emotion dysregulation.

^*p < .001.

^**p < .01.