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. 2020 Jan 21;37(1):1–26. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09929-2

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for each variable by primary motive, sex, and sample type

Men Women Overall
Primary motive Student Forum user Total Student Forum user Total Student Forum user Total
Enhancement M (SD)
N =  35
M (SD)
N =  155
M (SD)
N =  190
M (SD)
N =  8
M (SD)
N =  17
M (SD)
N =  25
M (SD)
N =  43
M (SD)
N =  172
M (SD)
N =  215
PGSI 4.7 (3.4) 4.5 (3.9) 4.5 (3.8) 3.0 (3.2) 2.8 (3.0) 2.8 (3.0) 4.4 (3.4) 4.3 (3.9) 4.3 (3.8)
Anxiety 4.8 (3.6) 4.6 (3.5) 4.7 (3.5) 5.8 (3.0) 5.0 (2.3) 5.2 (2.5) 5.0 (3.5) 4.7 (3.4) 4.7 (3.4)
Depression 3.0 (3.3) 2.6 (2.8) 2.7 (2.9) 3.6 (4.0) 2.3 (2.3) 2.7 (2.9) 3.1 (3.4) 2.6 (2.8) 2.7 (2.9)
Alcohol 10.1 (7.0) 11.1 (6.4) 10.9 (6.5) 7.0 (6.2) 7.4 (4.3) 7.4 (4.7) 9.6 (6.9) 10.7 (6.4) 10.5 (6.5)
Drugs 0.8 (1.1) 1.2 (1.9) 1.1 (1.8) 1.1 (1.7) 0.5 (1.1) 0.7 (1.3) 0.9 (1.2) 1.1 (1.9) 1.0 (1.7)
Coping N =  51 N =  132 N =  183 N =  16 N =  21 N =  37 N =  67 N =  153 N =  220
PGSI 5.5 (5.0) 6.5 (5.7) 6.2 (5.3) 2.9 (4.8) 5.1 (6.0) 4.1 (5.5) 4.9 (5.1) 6.3 (5.8) 5.9 (5.6)
Anxiety 7.5 (4.9) 7.1 (4.70) 7.2 (4.7) 8.0 (4.4) 9.3 (4.1) 8.7 (4.3) 7.6 (4.7) 7.4 (4.7) 7.4 (4.7)
Depression 4.9 (4.3) 5.1 (4.1) 5.0 (4.2) 3.9 (2.6) 6.9 (4.4) 5.6 (4.0) 4.7 (3.9) 5.3 (4.2) 5.1 (4.1)
Alcohol 10.7 (8.0) 10.2 (7.1) 10.4 (7.3) 6.7 (5.1) 8.6 (6.7) 7.7 (6.1) 9.7 (7.6) 10.0 (7.1) 9.9 (7.2)
Drug 1.6 (2.8) 1.1 (1.9) 1.2 (2.2) 1.2 (2.3) 1.2 (2.2) 1.2 (2.2) 1.5 (2.7) 1.1 (2.0) 0.9 (1.5)
Social N =  55 N =  125 N =  180 N =  39 N =  40 N =  79 N =  94 N =  165 N =  259
PGSI 3.1 (3.3) 3.2 (3.5) 3.1 (3.4) 1.6 (1.8) 1.1 (1.6) 1.4 (1.7) 2.5 (2.8) 2.7 (3.2) 2.6 (3.1)
Anxiety 5.5 (3.7) 4.5 (3.3) 4.8 (3.5) 7.05 (3.8) 5.5 (3.4) 6.3 (3.7) 6.2 (3.8) 4.7 (3.4) 5.2 (3.6)
Depression 2.7 (2.7) 2.7 (3.0) 2.7 (8.9) 3.8 (3.2) 3.4 (3.0) 3.6 (3.1) 3.2 (2.9) 2.9 (3.0) 3.0 (3.0)
Alcohol 10.7 (5.8) 9.9 (5.3) 10.1 (5.4) 11.1 (6.1) 6.7 (4.3) 9.0 (5.7) 10.9 (5.9) 9.1 (5.2) 9.8 (5.5)
Drug 0.7 (1.2) 1.1 (1.6) 0.9 (1.5) 0.9 (1.8) 0.5 (0.8) 0.7 (1.4) 0.7 (1.5) 0.9 (1.5) 0.8 (1.5)