Table 3.

Bivariate correlations

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. PPS: behavior	–
2. PPS: gambling literacy	0.18*	–
3. Under. of gambling concepts	0.15*	0.28*	–
4. Use of RG strategies	0.09*	− 0.04*	− 0.01	–
5. Gambling frequency	− 0.17*	− 0.12*	− 0.03	− 0.03	–
6. Breadth	− 0.03	− 0.02	0.03	0.05*	0.06*	–
7. General GS awareness	0	− 0.04*	0.03	0.07*	0.06*	0.01	–
8. GS comp. awareness	− 0.01	− 0.02	0.04*	0.08*	0.05*	0.03	0.91*	–
9. Overall GS engagement	0.01	0	0.03	0.05*	0.04	0.01	0.43*	0.49*	–
10. Age	0.08*	0.14*	0.04*	− 0.07*	0.07*	− 0.19*	− 0.08*	− 0.07*	− 0.01	–
11. Male	− 0.04*	− 0.01	0.11*	0.02	0.04	0.21*	0.04*	0.03	0	− 0.02	–
12. Black	− 0.03	− 0.07*	− 0.11*	0	0.04*	− 0.05*	0.01	0.03	0.03	− 0.07*	− 0.18*	–
13. White	0.08*	0.13*	0.18*	0	− 0.07*	0.09*	− 0.01	0.01	− 0.01	0.19*	0.07*	− 0.29*	–
14. Hispanic	0.01	− 0.02	− 0.07*	0.01	− 0.02	0.03	− 0.02	− 0.04*	0	− 0.16*	0.02	− 0.04*	− 0.19*	–
15. Asian	− 0.06*	− 0.05*	− 0.09*	0.04	− 0.02	− 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.03	0	− 0.09*	0.04	− 0.03*	− 0.19*	− 0.02	–
16. Educ. attainment	0	0.03	0.06*	0.04*	− 0.09*	0.04*	0	0.01	0	− 0.02	0.03	− 0.04*	0.03	− 0.03	0.07*	–
17. # of MGM properties visited	0.02	0.01	0.08*	0.08*	− 0.04*	0.19*	0.03	0.04	− 0.01	− 0.18*	0.11*	− 0.05*	0.21*	0.10*	0.06*	0.06*

^*Correlation is significant at the p < 0.05 level (two-tailed). Correlations reported are nonparametric Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficients and were calculated with pairwise deletion. PPS = Positive Play Scale. RG = Responsible Gambling. GS = GameSense