Table 2.
Descriptives and correlations between dependent measures across experiments.
| Measure | Mean (SD) | Bivariate correlation with each
measure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Pilot experiment | ||||||||
| 1. Similarity to self | 2.94 (1.10) | |||||||
| 2. Similarity to friends | 2.69 (0.73) | .67*** | ||||||
| 3. Perceived fit | 2.40 (0.90) | .50*** | .57*** | |||||
| 4. Friendship formation | 2.81 (0.77) | .29*** | .13* | .22*** | ||||
| 5. Friendship integration | 2.11 (0.72) | .37*** | .45*** | .41*** | .28*** | |||
| 6. Gender identification | 3.68 (0.85) | .03 | .04 | .03 | .14* | .03 | ||
| 7. Major identification | 3.76 (0.92) | .08 | .10† | .14* | .16** | .06 | .35*** | |
| Experiment 1 | ||||||||
| 1. Similarity to self | 3.08 (0.87) | |||||||
| 2. Similarity to friends | 2.86 (0.65) | .58*** | ||||||
| 3. Perceived fit | 2.61 (0.84) | .42*** | .43*** | |||||
| 4. Friendship formation | 2.73 (0.81) | .21** | .13* | .30*** | ||||
| 5. Friendship integration | 2.17 (0.79) | .27*** | .28*** | .36*** | .49*** | |||
| 6. Gender identification | 3.56 (0.97) | .01 | .03 | .05 | .06 | .10 | ||
| 7. Major identification | 3.74 (0.97) | .01 | .04 | .03 | .01 | .00 | .27*** | |
| Experiment 2 | ||||||||
| 1. Similarity to self | 2.99 (0.98) | |||||||
| 2. Similarity to friends | 2.78 (0.61) | .52*** | ||||||
| 3. Perceived fit | 2.51 (0.80) | .43*** | .41*** | |||||
| 4. Friendship formation | 2.85 (0.87) | .14** | .12** | .25*** | ||||
| 5. Friendship integration | 2.22 (0.73) | .23*** | .24*** | .34*** | .37*** | |||
| 6. Gender identification | 3.53 (1.01) | .09* | .03 | .09* | .02 | .04 | ||
| 7. Major identification | 3.80 (0.91) | .00 | −.01 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .33*** | |
| 8. Reputational harm | 2.83 (0.56) | −.11* | −.10* | −.15*** | −.07 | −.04 | −.03 | −.04 |
Note. ***p < .001. **p < .01. *p < .05. †p < .10.