Does Intergroup Contact Reduce Prejudice? Recent Meta-Analytic Findings

The hypothesis has inspired extensive research over the past ha lf century (Pettig rew, 1 998b) . Al l po rt&s;s formulation has received support across a variety of societies, situations, and g roups. And d ifferent research methods have yielded find ings that provide support-field stud ies (e.g . , Deutsch & Col l ins , 1 95 1 ) , ar­ chival research (e.g . , F ine , 1 979) , survey research (e.g . , Herek & Capitan io , 1 996) , and laboratory studies (e.g . , Cook, 1 978; Desforges et a l . , 1 99 1 ) .