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. 2025 Mar 28;10:1535815. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1535815

Table 2.

Mean and standard deviation for each item of the personal attribute questionnaire.

Items Total Male Female
SD SD SD
Factor 1: masculinity-instrumentality (M)
Independent 2.71 1.20 2.94 1.07 2.61 1.24
Active 2.65 1.06 2.63 1.02 2.66 1.08
Competitive 1.95 1.17 2.14 1.24 1.87 1.13
Can make decisions easily 2.21 1.20 2.28 1.13 2.17 1.23
Never gives up 1.94 1.12 1.98 1.07 1.92 1.15
Self-confident 2.32 1.07 2.50 0.97 2.24 1.10
Feels superior 2.32 0.93 2.54 0.85 2.23 0.95
Stands up well under pressure 2.48 1.14 2.68 1.02 2.39 1.17
Factor 2: femininity-expressivity (F)
Emotional 2.88 0.97 2.73 0.99 2.95 0.96
Able to devote self completely to others 2.37 1.16 2.11 1.12 2.48 1.16
Gentle 2.58 0.95 2.68 0.91 2.54 0.97
Helpful to others 3.11 0.88 3.15 0.85 3.10 0.89
Kind 3.33 0.80 3.32 0.81 3.33 0.79
Aware of feelings of others 2.81 0.90 2.51 1 2.94 0.82
Understanding of others 3.01 0.86 2.80 1 3.10 0.77
Warm in relation with others 2.72 1.02 2.69 1.01 2.74 1.03

Response scale: 0 (“Not at all”) to 4 (“Very”). N = 436; n (male) = 134; n (female) = 302.