Table 1.
Correlation between study variables for male military cadets.
| Variable | QnC | QlC | IA | PT | E | ATWITM | A | YATC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity contact | 0.73 | |||||||
| Quality contact | 0.10 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Intergroup anxiety | −0.26** | −0.21* | 0.80 | |||||
| Perspective-taking | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.76 | ||||
| Empathy | 0.14 | 0.24** | −0.19* | 0.41*** | 0.74 | |||
| Attitudes towards women in the military | 0.05 | 0.20* | −0.13 | 0.04 | 0.25** | 0.83 | ||
| Age | 0.13 | −0.07 | −0.03 | 0.29** | 0.11 | 0.05 | -- | |
| Years at the college | 0.25** | −0.09 | 0.06 | 0.34*** | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.71*** | -- |
| Mean | 2.28 | 5.39 | 6.15 | 4.72 | 4.83 | 5.58 | 20.00 | 2.46 |
| SD | 0.63 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 1.91 | 1.34 |
QnC, quantity contact; QlC, quality contact; IA, intergroup anxiety; PT, perspective-taking; E, empathy; ATWITM, attitudes towards women in the military; A, age; YATC, years at the college. Cronbach’s alpha for measures on the diagonal.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.