Table 4.
Nested predictive models comparison (N = 438)
| Variable | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | Block 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| df | χ2 | df | χ2 | df | χ2 | df | χ2 | df | χ2 | |
| Gender | 1 | 1.46 | 1 | 0.41 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Age | 1 | 2.59 | 1 | 1.42 | 1 | 3.41 | 1 | 3.36 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Education | 1 | 1.77 | 1 | 1.43 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Partner | 1 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.11 |
| Income | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0.65 | 1 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.80 |
| Escape coping | 1 | 52.08*** | 1 | 22.81*** | 1 | 18.21*** | 1 | 16.55*** | ||
| Engaged coping | 1 | 5.08* | 1 | 7.98** | 1 | 4.99* | 1 | 8.86** | ||
| Coping motive | 1 | 42.79*** | 1 | 30.24*** | 1 | 25.15*** | ||||
| Enhancement motive | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.08 | ||||
| Social motive | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.20 | ||||
| Financial motive | 1 | 4.85* | 1 | 5.22* | 1 | 5.14* | ||||
| ESB frequency | 6 | 9.49 | 6 | 6.49 | ||||||
| ESB money | 1 | 2.61 | 1 | 4.01* | ||||||
| ESB time | 5 | 19.41** | 5 | 15.26** | ||||||
| ESB virtual money | 1 | 3.15 | 1 | 2.85 | ||||||
| Other e-gambling | 1 | 15.26*** | ||||||||
| Offline gambling | 1 | 0.35 | ||||||||
| Play-to-win paying | 1 | 7.30** | ||||||||
| LR test for Block | 5 | 9.03 | 2 | 56.11*** | 4 | 108.15*** | 13 | 40.83*** | 3 | 25.96*** |
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001