Month/Year of Graduation

5-2026

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Jonathan Santo

Abstract

Participants were early adolescents from Bogota, Colombia; Curitiba, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; and Shanghai, China. Correlations between gender typicality and social, cognitive, and physical competence were examined across cultural contexts. Gender typicality was strongly, positively correlated with social competence, and weakly, positively correlated with physical competence. Classroom-level collectivism and individualism were tested as moderators of the examined associations but did not significantly impact the relationships. Place and gender effects were analyzed. Three-way interactions between gender typicality, gender, and place were significant for social and physical competence. Gender typicality and social competence were distinctively weakly related among boys in Bogota. Gender typicality and physical competence were most strongly related in Brazil, especially among girls. In predicting cognitive competence, two significant two-way interactions emerged. There was a gender difference only in Montreal, such that girls reported higher cognitive competence than boys. Additionally, gender typicality and cognitive competence were most strongly related in Brazil, and notably weakly related in Colombia. Across domains, correlations between gender typicality and competence tended to be strong in Brazil, and weak in Colombia. Overall, the results demonstrated the importance of cultural context for the relationship between an aspect of gender identity and adolescents’ perceptions of their abilities.

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