Intergroup contact intervention between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese students: differential effects on cognitions, attitudes, and intended behaviors

Figures & data

Figure 1. Intergroup knowledge, attitude, and intended behavior means and standard deviation between local (LS) and mainland (ML) university students in Hong Kong pre-intervention (T₀) (N = 72).

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a bar graph plotting scores of Knowledge, Attitude and Intended Behaciour scales in local (in black legend) and mainland (in grey legend) student groups, with error bars indicating the standard deviations of each group score.

Table 1. Between by within group comparisons in the intervention and control groups: Repeated measures ANOVA of Knowledge between local (LS) and mainland student (MS) in both intervention (N = 36) and control (N = 36) group.

Intervention (nLS=15; nMS=21) Control (nLS=17; nMS=19)	F (df)	p	ηp^2
Group
Intervention	0.01 (1)	.94	.000
Control	0.36 (1)	.55	.011
Time
Intervention	17.00 (3)	<.001***	.333
Control	7.55 (3)	<.001***	.191
Time*Group
Intervention	0.50 (3)	.69	.014
Control	0.22 (3)	.89	.007

* p ≤.05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001.

Table 2. Between by within group comparisons in the intervention and control groups: Repeated measures ANOVA of Attitude between local (LS) and mainland student (MS) in both intervention (N = 36) and control (N = 36) group.

Intervention (nLS=15; nMS=21) Control (nLS=17; nMS=19)	F (df)	p	ηp^2
Group
Intervention	6.03 (1)	.02*	.151
Control	7.32 (1)	.01**	.177
Time
Intervention	7.37 (3)	<.001***	.178
Control	2.90 (3)	.04*	.079
Time*Group
Intervention	5.97 (3)	.001**	.149
Control	0.91 (3)	.44	.026

* p ≤.05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001.

Table 3. Between by within group comparisons in the intervention and control groups: Repeated measures ANOVA of Intended Behavior between local (LS) and mainland student (MS) in both intervention (N = 36) and control (N = 36) group.

Intervention (nLS=15; nMS=21) Control (nLS=17; nMS=19)	F (df)	p	ηp^2
Group
Intervention	1.32 (1)	.26	.037
Control	14.12 (1)	.001**	.293
Time
Intervention	1.24 (3)	.30	.035
Control	1.11 (3)	.35	.032
Time*Group
Intervention	0.63 (3)	.60	.018
Control	0.91 (3)	.44	.026

* p ≤.05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001.

Figure 2. Trends in attitudes among local and mainland university students in Hong Kong in the intervention and control groups.

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a line graph plotting paired (local and mainland students) Attitude score trends at four time points for two conditions (intervention versus control). Scores are presented next to the group legends.

Data availability statement

All research data will be made available upon request to the corresponding author.