Concerns about intergroup contact have a long and somewhat tortuous history. Shaped
largely by Social Darwinism dogma, early theorizing anticipated negative effects. Following …

Intergroup contact theory has been one of the most influential theories in social psychology
since it was first formulated by Gordon Allport in 1954. This volume highlights, via a critical …

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 …

Empirical research on intergroup contact has a long history, dating back to the 1940s (eg,
Williams, 1947). Since the seminal chapter on intergroup contact by Gordon Allport (1954) …

For those concerned with the quality of global intergroup relationships, the 21st century has
not begun auspiciously. As we enter only its fifth year, we have already seen unprecedented …

Intergroup contact theory and research has received renewed interest in recent years. And
this new work has led to rapid advances. This paper summarizes this progress and points to …

Research on intergroup contact has grown exponentially over the past decade. Such
research has typically extolled the benefits of positive interaction between members of …

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of both the publication of Allport's (1954) classic
volume The Nature of Prejudice and of the landmark Brown v Board of Education Supreme …

In the early 1950s when Thomas Pettigrew began graduate school at Harvard, Gordon
Allport was completing what would become a classic contribution to social psychology and …

In his 1954 volume The Nature ofPrejudice, Allport proposed that, under certain conditions,
bringing together individuals from opposing groups could reduce intergroup prejudice. Prior …