As Table 1 shows, the topic of self-presentation elicited much discussion in the focus groups. Across the six groups, distinct self-
presentation themes occurred a total of 978 times, often with more than one theme coming up in a single conversational turn.
Overall, personal identity was the most popular of the four themes, followed by social identity. Gender identity was the least
popular theme, albeit still frequent. There was a good deal of consistency across the six groups, both male and female, in the
relative popularity of the three themes.