. 2018 Jun 26;9:1086. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01086

Table 4.

Means and standard deviations for comparisons for desirability of violating prescriptive stereotypes by target age.

	Toddlers		Elementary-aged		Adolescents		Young adult		Adult		Elderly
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
POSITIVE VIOLATIONS
Study 1			3.64_a^*	1.58					4.26_b	1.76	4.75_c^*	1.29
Study 2	4.37_a^*	1.41	3.37_bc^*	1.49	3.04_b^*	1.50	3.59_c^*	1.65	3.93_d	1.37
NEGATIVE VIOLATIONS
Study 1			3.84_a	1.52					2.84_b^*	1.69	4.15_c	1.55
Study 2	4.30_a	1.45	3.76_b	1.52	2.82_c^*	1.41	2.85_c^*	1.61	3.41_b^*	1.56

Means with the different subscripts differed by p < 0.05. Means with

were significantly different from the midpoint of the scale (4) at p < 0.05. Means lower than 4 indicate it was less desirable for males than females to violate the stereotype, means above 4 indicate it was less desirable for females than males to violate the stereotype.