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. 2022 May 4;86(9-10):559–575. doi: 10.1007/s11199-022-01285-2

Table 4.

Pairwise Comparisons for Own-Gender Similarity

Within Gender: Girls
95% CI
Similarity Domain Mean Diff SE p Lower Upper
Feelings vs Actions .15 .04 .004 .03 .28
Appearance -.26 .05  < .001 –.39 –.13
Preference .11 .05 .212 –.02 .24
Peer Time .10 .06 .940 –.07 .27
Actions vs Appearance -.42 .04  < .001 –.54 –.30
Preference –.05 .03 1.000 –.14 .04
Peer Time –.06 .06 1.000 –.22 .11
Appearance vs Preference .37 .04  < .001 .25 .49
Peer Time .36 .06  < .001 .20 .53
Preference v s Peer Time –.01 .05 1.000 –.16 .14
Within Gender: Boys
95% CI
Similarity Domain Mean Diff SE p Lower Upper
Feelings vs Actions –.13 .04 .039 –.25 .00
Appearance –.13 .05 .041 –.26 .00
Preference –.10 .05 .294 –.23 .03
Peer Time .50 .06  < .001 .33 .66
Actions vs Appearance –.01 .04 1.000 –.12 .11
Preference .03 .03 1.000 –.07 .12
Peer Time .62 .06  < .001 .46 .78
Appearance vs Preference .03 .04 1.000 –.09 .15
Peer Time .63 .06  < .001 .46 .80
Preference v s Peer Time .60 .05  < .001 .45 .75
Across Gender
95% CI
Similarity Domain Mean Diff (Girls-Boys) SE p Lower Upper
Feelings –.314 .088  < .001 –.487 –.140
Actions –.594 .089  < .001 –.769 –.418
Appearance –.182 .079 .022 –.338 –.027
Preference –.520 .085  < .001 –.688 –.353
Peer time .085 .087 .328 –.085 .255