Children display intergroup bias in relation to gender. The present study examined whether children’s self‐perceived same‐ and other‐gender similarity were related to their same‐ and other‐gender positivity and negativity, respectively. Children aged 6–10 years (N = 149) were interviewed about their self‐perceived similarity to girls and to boys and about the extent to which they thought positive and negative characteristics applied to boys and to girls. Among girls, greater self‐perceived other‐gender similarity was associated with more negativity towards the same gender. Similar to previous research, intergroup gender bias was more pronounced among girls, and children rated themselves as having more same‐ than other‐gender similarity, with this pattern being more pronounced in boys. Thus, this study provides evidence suggesting that other‐gender similarity is related to girls’ negative attributions towards girls. It also replicates previous findings regarding gender differences in children’s intergroup gender bias and gender similarity, respectively.

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儿童群体间性别偏见和自我感知的同性和异性相似性

儿童表现出与性别有关的群体间偏见。本研究调查了儿童自我感知的同性和异性相似性是否分别与他们的同性和异性积极性和消极性相关。6-10岁儿童（N = 149) 接受了采访，了解他们与女孩和男孩的自我感知相似性，以及他们认为积极和消极特征适用于男孩和女孩的程度。在女孩中，更大的自我感知的其他性别相似性与对同一性别的更多负面情绪有关。与之前的研究类似，群体间性别偏见在女孩中更为明显，儿童认为自己具有更多的同性相似性，而这种模式在男孩中更为明显。因此，这项研究提供的证据表明，其他性别的相似性与女孩对女孩的负面归因有关。它还分别复制了先前关于儿童群体间性别偏见和性别相似性的性别差异的发现。