The present article presents a meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. With 713
independent samples from 515 studies, the meta-analysis finds that intergroup contact typically …

Considerable research has shown that greater intergroup contact corresponds with lower
intergroup prejudice, yet little is known regarding how the relationships between contact and …

A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at
reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between …

On the "worst of t imes" side of the ledger is the fact that the g reat legislative in i tiatives that
were designed to improve interg roup re lations are becoming rel ics of the past. Certainly …

… 4 shows that the unpublished samples actually have a significantly higher correlation (mean
r = −.24) than the published (mean r = −.20) indicating that our overall finding cannot be …

Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and
most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it …

This work identifies how cross-group friendships are conceptualized and measured in
intergroup research, investigates which operationalizations yield the strongest effects on …

This research concerns the effects of prejudice on how members of devalued groups feel
toward intergroup contact. With members of laboratory-generated groups (Study 1) and …

Recent years have witnessed a renewal of interest in intergroup contact theory. A meta‐analysis
of more than 500 studies established the theory's basic contention that intergroup …

This article presents a basic conceptualization of ingroup identification as the degree to
which the ingroup is included in the self and introduces the Inclusion of Ingroup in the Self (IIS) …