Table 1 Descriptive statistics. Continuous variables are presented as means (M) and standard deviations (SD). Categorical variables are presented as frequencies (n) and relational proportions (%)

Continuous variables

α

Range

M

SD

α

Range

M

SD

α

 Psychological distress

0–36

14.43

6.35

0.88

0–36

15.62

7.14

0.92

0–36

14.53

6.99

0.88

 Problem gambling (SOGS)

0–20

1.67

2.59

0.89

0–20

2.13

3.25

0.84

0–20

1.51

2.77

0.90

 Problem gambling (SOGS-M)

0–10

1.52

2.10

0.82

0–10

1.84

2.37

0.86

0–10

1.25

2.04

0.83

 Age

18–25

22.19

2.19

–

18–29

24.36

2.89

–

18–25

21.54

2.36

–

Categorical variables

Coding

%

n

Coding

%

n

Coding

%

n

 Gender

Male

49.24

485

Male

45.37

93

Male

49.83

440

Female

50.76

500

Female

54.63

112

Female

50.17

443

 Consumer debt

No

85.58

843

No

72.68

149

No

87.43

772

Yes

14.42

142

Yes

27.32

56

Yes

12.57

111

 Debt problems

No

94.72

933

No

90.24

185

No

68.97

609

Yes

5.28

52

Yes

9.76

20

Yes

31.03

274