Classic research on the contact hypothesis focused on the direct relationship between the
antecedents (conditions under which contact occurs) and the outcomes (primarily, the …

According to the extended contact hypothesis, knowing that in-group members have cross-
group friends improves attitudes toward this out-group. This meta-analysis covers the 20 …

Today, physical and psychological barriers can reduce opportunities for the type of direct
face‐to‐face intergroup contact first identified by Gordon Allport. Consequently, social …

We advance interparty contact as a remedy to affective polarization and examine the
processes through which interparty contact attenuates the hostility between Democrats and …

This article reviews studies of intergroup anxiety and places them in the context of a
theoretical model that specifies categories of antecedents and consequences of intergroup …

Recent research shows that extended contact via story reading is a powerful strategy to
improve out‐group attitudes. We conducted three studies to test whether extended contact …

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 …

We propose that intergroup contact provides an effective means by which to reduce, resolve,
and prevent conflict of all kinds, including violent conflict. We review the vast literature on the …

Substance dependence is a prevalent and urgent public health problem. In 2021, 60 million
Americans reported abusing alcohol within the month prior to being surveyed, and nearly 20 …