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

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for each of the measures, and offending behaviour, split by group and sex

Measures Behaviourally conditioned Emotionally vulnerable Antisocial impulsivist
Men
N = 250
Women
N = 83
Total
N = 333
Men
N = 57
Women
N = 29
Total
N = 86
Men
N = 104
Women
N = 50
Total
N = 154
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
PGSI 3.2 3.9 1.6 3.1 1.9 3.2 3.7 2.8 2.6 4.2 3.3 3.4 6.8 5.7 4.1 4.9 5.9 5.6
BIS-15 29.8 6.2 30.8 6.9 30.0 6.4 25.9 3.5 27.3 2.3 26.4 3.2 37.3 5.1 38.5 5.8 57.7 5.4
Anxiety 3.8 2.0 3.7 2.4 3.8 2.1 9.0 3.8 11.1 2.4 9.7 3.5 10.7 3.1 11.6 3.0 11.0 3.1
Depression 3.2 2.1 2.5 2.1 3.0 2.1 6.7 2.9 5.6 3.1 6.3 3.0 6.8 3.1 6.4 3.4 6.7 3.2
PAPA 61.5 13.3 52.7 14.9 59.3 14.2 66.1 13.2 57.7 14.5 63.3 14.2 75.2 16.9 69.1 14.6 73.2 16.5
PAPA subscales
DT 15.6 4.7 13.4 5.1 15.1 4.9 14.4 4.4 13.2 3.3 14.0 4.1 19.7 6.4 18.6 6.0 19.3 6.3
ED 9.4 3.4 7.9 3.4 9.0 3.5 9.8 3.5 8.1 4.1 9.2 3.7 10.9 3.3 9.8 3.4 10.6 3.4
DfO 19.0 5.8 15.4 5.7 18.1 6.0 20.6 6.7 16.3 6.8 19.1 7.0 22.7 7.6 19.9 6.9 21.8 7.4
LoE 17.5 4.8 15.6 4.8 17.0 4.9 21.6 5.3 19.3 5.1 20.8 5.3 22.4 5.9 20.9 5.0 21.9 5.6
Protective factors
SLS 22.5 6.8 25.5 6.8 23.3 6.8 21.5 6.4 22.3 5.9 21.6 6.2 15.9 7.4 19.8 7.9 17.2 7.8
Social Support 64.7 12.6 68.4 14.8 65.6 13.3 62.3 14.0 64.0 17.5 62.8 15.2 51.7 15.8 60.0 13.9 54.4 15.7
Self-control 42.4 9.2 44.0 10.2 44.8 9.4 43.6 7.3 45.0 7.8 42.1 7.4 33.5 8.9 18.0 5.4 34.1 8.5
Resilience 22.1 4.5 22.0 4.7 22.1 4.6 19.7 4.6 16.4 5.9 18.6 5.3 17.3 4.9 18.0 5.4 17.5 5.1
Offending (N/ %)
Acquisitive 13 (5.2) 2 (2.4) 15 (4.2) 1 (1.8) 0 1 (1.2) 8 (7.7) 0 8 (5.2)
Drug related 50 (20.0) 6 (7.2) 56 (16.8) 12 (21.1) 2 (6.9) 14 (16.3) 26 (25.0) 9 (18.0) 35 (22.7)
Violent 20 (8.0) 4 (4.8) 24 (7.2) 6 (10.5) 2 (6.9) 8 (9.3) 19 (18.3) 4 (8.0) 23 (14.9)
Other antisocial 40 (16.0) 6 (7.2) 46 (13.8) 10 (17.5) 2 (6.9) 12 (14.0) 29 (27.9) 6 (12.0) 35 (22.7)
Any offence 74 (29.6) 13 (15.7) 84 (25.2) 15 (26.3) 4 (13.8) 19 (22.1) 41 (39.4) 10 (20.0) 51 (33.1)
PNTS 14 (5.6) 3 (3.6) 17 (5.1) 5 (8.8) 3 (10.3) 8 (9.3) 4 (3.8) 2 (4.0) 6 (3.9)
Gambling linked* 3 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 4 (1.2) 1 (1.8) 0 1 (1.2) 9 (8.7) 0 9 (5.8)

DT dissocial tendencies, ED emotional detachment, DfO disregard for others, LoE lack of sensitivity to emotion, PNTS prefer not to say; *participants were asked if any of the offences they have reported committing are directly linked to their gambling involvement