Table 1.
Demographics | % (n) or mean (SD) |
Age | 24.8 (±2.9) |
Gender | |
Male | 52.4 (75) |
Female | 47.6 (68) |
Marital status | |
With partner | 79.7 (114) |
Without partner | 20.3 (29) |
Educational status | |
Less than college | 53.8 (77) |
College or more | 46.2 (66) |
Occupational status | |
Studying or working | 81.8 (117) |
Unemployed | 18.2 (26) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian | 43.3 (61) |
Non-Caucasian | 56.7 (80) |
Sexual orientation | |
Heterosexual | 83.9 (120) |
Other | 16.1 (23) |
Clinical variables | |
Anxiety symptoms severity (Hamilton Anxiety Scale) | 6.1 (±6.3) |
Age at the start of regular gambling | 18.9 (±3.0) |
Money lost with gambling (last year) | 2,221 (±4,325) |
Average gambling frequency (times per week) | 2.9 (±2.9) |
Number of DSM-5 gambling disorder criteria | 2.0 (±2.6) |
PG-YBOCS total score | 7.9 (±8.1) |
Note. SD, standard deviation; DSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Edition; PG-YBOCS, gambling adaptation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.