Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for the Handedness scale.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity scale.
Fig 1.
Curvilinear relationship between Handedness and Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity.
A significant curvilinear relationship was found between Handedness and Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity such that participants with low and high handedness scores were more gender-conforming compared to participants with mixed handedness/intermediate handedness scores. Anal sex role preference groups are plotted as follows: circles represent top gay men, squares are versatile gay men, diamonds are bottom gay men and ‘x’ represent straight men. The solid line depicts the curvilinear relationship, whereas the dotted line represents the linear association for straight men, and the dash line represents the linear association for gay men.
Fig 2.
Moderated mediation of the Handedness by sexual orientation interaction on the male sexual orientation difference in Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity.
A significant moderated mediation effect was found for Handedness on the male Sexual Orientation difference in Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity.
Fig 3.
Moderated mediation of the Handedness by sexual orientation interaction on the anal sex role behavior difference in Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity.
Bottom/versatile groups were used as the reference group. Results support a partial moderated mediation effect for Handedness on the anal sex role behavior difference in Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity.