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The extended contact hypothesis: a meta-analysis on 20 years of research

Abstract:: 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 years of research that currently exists on the extended contact hypothesis, and consists of 248 effect sizes from 115 studies. The aggregate relationship between extended contact and intergroup attitudes was r = .25, 95% confidence interval (CI) = [.22, .27], which reduced to r = .17, 95% CI = [.14, .19] after removing direct friendship’s contribution; these results suggest that extended contact’s hypothesized relationship to intergroup attitudes is small-to-medium and exists independently of direct friendship. This relationship was larger when extended contact was perceived versus actual, highlighting the importance of perception in extended contact. Current results on extended contact mostly resembled their direct friendship counterparts, suggesting similarity between these contact types. These unique insights about extended contact and its relationship with direct friendship should enrich and spur growth within this literature.

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Zhou, S., Page-Gould, E., Aron, A., Moyer, A., & Hewstone, M. (2018). The extended contact hypothesis: a meta-analysis on 20 years of research. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 23(2), 132–160.

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Zhou, S, et al. “The Extended Contact Hypothesis: a Meta-Analysis on 20 Years of Research.” Personality and Social Psychology Review, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. 132–60.

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Zhou, S, E Page-Gould, A Aron, A Moyer, and M Hewstone. 2018. “The Extended Contact Hypothesis: a Meta-Analysis on 20 Years of Research.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 23 (2): 132–60.
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+ Zhou, S More by this author

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+ Page-Gould, E More by this author

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+ Aron, A More by this author

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+ Moyer, A More by this author

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+ Hewstone, M More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Experimental Psychology
Oxford college:: New College
Role:: Author

Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Journal:: Personality and Social Psychology Review More from this journal
Volume:: 23
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 132–160
Publication date:: 2018-04-19
Acceptance date:: 2018-04-18
DOI:: 10.1177/1088868318762647
EISSN:: 1532-7957
ISSN:: 1088-8683
Pmid:: 29671374

Language:: English
Keywords:: indirect contact

vicarious contact

extended contact

cross-group friendship

intergroup contact

contact hypothesis
Pubs id:: pubs:843550
UUID:: uuid:087ee470-460c-4941-9ba0-0775447f3732
Local pid:: pubs:843550
Source identifiers:: 843550
Deposit date:: 2018-09-19
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_087ee470460c49419ba00775447f3732

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Copyright holder:: Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
Copyright date:: 2018
Notes:: © 2018 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

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