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The current study examined whether children show gender biases when attributing risky pedestrian behavior and whether children\u2019s pedestrian safety beliefs are associated with their crossing behavior.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Children (N\u2009=\u2009144) in grades 2 through 4 completed three tasks: a story rating task assessing gender attributions when presented with vignettes about unsafe pedestrian behaviors, a questionnaire measuring beliefs about pedestrian behaviors, and a virtual reality street-crossing task assessing crossing behavior in a simulated traffic environment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Children showed a significant bias toward attributing unsafe pedestrian behavior to boys, with this pattern consistent across gender and age. Pedestrian safety beliefs improved with age but did not differ by gender. Stronger endorsement of safe crossing beliefs was associated with fewer unsafe crossing errors in the virtual crossing task.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that gendered expectations about risky behavior extend to pedestrian contexts in childhood. 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