Table 3.

Gender differences among variables.

Variables	Gender	M	SD	t	d
1. Autistic traits	Male	118.87	9.72	1.87#1	0.14
	Female	117.53	9.08
2. Fear	Male	7.79	2.91	-4.37⁎⁎⁎	0.39
	Female	8.75	2.82
3. Anxiety	Male	4.67	2.07	-3.06⁎⁎	0.24
	Female	5.14	1.92
4. Anger	Male	4.31	2.05	-2.82⁎⁎	0.21
	Female	4.74	1.95
5. Total negative emotions	Male	16.77	6.26	-3.94⁎⁎⁎	0.30
	Female	18.64	6.05
6. Perceived severity	Male	14.77	3.39	-4.04⁎⁎	0.31
	Female	15.73	2.75
7. Perceived vulnerability	Male	4.69	1.64	-1.73#2	0.13
	Female	4.90	1.46
8. Total perceived risk	Male	19.70	4.00	-3.05⁎⁎	0.23
	Female	20.56	3.42
9. Germ aversion	Male	19.51	4.31	-1.21	0.10
	Female	19.92	4.50
10. Perceived infectability	Male	25.92	4.02	-0.60	0.05
	Female	26.11	4.11
11.Total BIS	Male	45.43	6.30	-1.20	0.10
	Female	46.03	6.66

Note: * p <0.05

^#1p = 0.06

^#2p = 0.08

^⁎⁎p < 0.01

^⁎⁎⁎p < 0.001. These symbols also apply to the tables below.