Table 4.

Means (and standard deviations) and main effects of gender for parasocial processes.

	Girls			Boys
Parasocial processes	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	F (1,138)a	pb	${\mathrm{\eta }}_{\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{2}}$
Personality	95	0.38	0.32	49	0.22	0.30	12.61	0.001	0.08
Appearance	95	0.61	0.36	49	0.23	0.31	32.09	0.000	0.19
Talent	95	0.58	0.30	49	0.56	0.36	0.19	0.663	0.00
Involvement	95	2.69	0.77	47	2.69	0.71	1.16	0.285	0.01
Intensity	95	1.93	0.80	47	2.21	0.99	1.39	0.240	0.01
Dedication	90	1.27	0.46	46	1.53	0.60	6.14	0.015	0.05
Sharing	90	0.46	0.29	46	0.59	0.35	3.71	0.056	0.03

^aError df was 136 for involvement and intensity and 130 for dedication and sharing. ^bn = 144 for personality, appearance and talent; 142 for involvement and intensity; and 136 for dedication and sharing.