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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Self Identity. 2012 May 17;12(4):10.1080/15298868.2012.687012. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2012.687012

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations of math accuracy (%), reported distraction, self-threat, and group-threat of women and men taking a math test identified with different names

Own Name

(nwomen=35,
nmen=23)
Fictitious
Female Name
(nwomen=42,
nmen=24)
Fictitious
Male Name
(nwomen=33,
nmen=25)
Female or Male
Fictitious
Name
(nwomen=75,
nmen=49)

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Accuracy
(%)
Women 44% 18% 48% 21% 55% 19% 51% 21%
Men 61% 18% 63% 17% 56% 24% 60% 21%

Distraction Women 3.61 1.51 3.17 1.85 3.18 1.50 3.17 1.70
Men 2.26 1.27 3.42 2.10 3.04 1.71 3.22 1.90

Self-threat Women 3.64 1.34 3.38 1.48 3.27 1.70 3.33 1.57
Men 2.46 1.25 2.58 1.55 2.98 1.37 2.79 1.46

Group-threat Women 2.85 1.40 2.96 1.75 2.94 1.61 2.95 1.68
Men 2.52 1.54 2.20 1.33 2.62 1.50 2.42 1.42