Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of and Correlations among Boys’ and Girls’ Perceptions

Ratings of Self	Boys’ connection	Girls’ connection	Boys’ Conflict	Girls’ Conflict	Boys’ Persuasion	Girls’ Persuasion	Boys’ Discomfort	Girls’ Discomfort
Boys’ connection	1	.33^**	−.35^**	−.33^**	−.31^**	−.26^**	−.39^**	−.15^*
Girls’ connection		1	−.26^**	−.16^*	−.17^*	−.20^**	−.26^**	−.32^**
Boys’ Conflict			1	.40^**	.72^**	.35^**	.30^**	.21^**
Girls’ Conflict				1	.44^**	.84^**	.09	.40^**
Boys’ Persuasion					1	.42^**	.31^**	.20^**
Girls’ Persuasion						1	.08	.46^**
Boys’ Discomfort							1	.18^**
Girls’ Discomfort								1

M	2.78	2.87	1.45_a	1.31_b	1.33	1.16	0.98_a	0.72_b
SD	1.20	1.16	1.41	1.35	1.40	1.36	1.28	1.13

Ratings of Partner	Boys’ connection	Girls’ connection	Boys’ Conflict	Girls’ Conflict	Boys’ Persuasion	Girls’ Persuasion	Boys’ Discomfort	Girls’ Discomfort
Boys’ connection	1	.38^**	−.23^**	−.29^**	−.28^**	−.25^**	−.27^**	−.05
Girls’ connection		1	−.26^**	−.27^**	−.26^**	−.27^**	−.25^**	−.38^**
Boys’ Conflict			1	.43^**	.76^**	.33^**	.40^**	.15^*
Girls’ Conflict				1	.41^**	.82^**	.13	.37^**
Boys’ Persuasion					1	.39^**	.41^**	.16^*
Girls’ Persuasion						1	.09	.43^**
Boys’ Discomfort							1	.27^**
Girls’ Discomfort								1

M	2.81	2.85	1.40	1.25	1.26_a	1.20_b	0.94_a	0.74_b
SD	2.85	1.17	1.39	1.31	1.38	1.37	1.32	1.14

p < .05

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p < .01, 2-tailed. Different subscripts within a dimension indicate significant gender difference.

Different subscripts within a dimension indicate significant gender difference.