Exploring contact theory in intergroup dialogue: an examination of attitudes and experiences in secular-religious discourse across diverse socio-religious subgroups

Figures & data

Table 1. Reasons for participating in the dialogue according to group affiliation.

	Religious affiliation								F(η^2)
	Secular		Traditional		Modern-Orthodox		Total
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Get to know ‘the other’	3.93	0.98	3.78	1.13	3.72	1.15	3.84	1.08	F(2,593) = 2.64 (0.009)
Receive academic credit	4.03	1.13	3.65	1.27	3.27	1.39	3.71	1.29	F(2,600) = 23.29*** (0.072)
Explore identity	3.12	1.36	3.70	1.32	3.45	1.20	3.34	1.32	F(2,595) = 8.05*** (0.026)
Change the attitudes of ‘the other’	2.97	1.17	3.38	1.17	3.41	1.15	3.18	1.19	F(2,592) = 10.19*** (0.033)

Note. Scale ranks from 1 (to a very small extent) up to 5 (to a great extent).

n = 595–603.

* p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001.

Table 2. Attitudes towards the sub-groups’ activities according to group affiliation.

	Religious affiliation								F(η^2)
	Secular		Traditional		Modern-Orthodox		Total
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Saturday seminar (Shabbat)	4.18	1.12	4.33	1.04	4.23	0.95	4.23	1.04	F(2,590) = 0.64 (0.002)
Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) seminar	3.59	1.23	3.75	1.26	3.30	1.27	3.51	1.26	F(2,570) = 5.00** (0.017)
‘Secular Judaism’ seminar	3.33	1.33	2.97	1.27	2.70	1.33	3.05	1.36	F(2,514) = 12.63*** (0.047)

Note. Scale ranks from 1 (to a very small extent) up to 5 (to a great extent).

n = 517–593.

* p < .05, **p < .01 and ***p < .001.

Table 3. Attitudes towards the dialogue according to group affiliation.

	Religious affiliation								F(η^2)
	Secular		Traditional		Modern-Orthodox		Total
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Quantity of contact between the participants	3.45	0.70	3.56	0.77	3.44	0.70	3.46	0.71	F(2,614) = 0.86 (0.003)
Quality of facilitating	4.28	0.62	4.35	0.75	4.32	0.58	4.30	0.62	F(2,614) = 0.56 (0.002)
Contribution of contents to getting to know ‘the other’	3.85	0.63	3.87	0.61	3.86	0.62	3.86	0.62	F(2,614) = 0.09 (0.011)
Intimacy between the participants	4.37	0.66	4.35	0.87	4.30	0.75	4.34	0.72	F(2,599) = 0.59 (0.002)

Note. Scale ranks from 1 (to a very small extent) up to 5 (to a great extent).

n = 602–617.