Intergroup Contact Scale
The Intergroup Contact Scale measures the quantity and quality of face-to-face interaction between members of different social groups (racial, ethnic, religious, national, or other categories). Rooted in Gordon Allport's contact hypothesis (1954), which proposed that prejudice decreases when groups interact under favorable conditions, the scale is fundamental in research on prejudice reduction, integration, and intergroup relations.
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- Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Addison-Wesley. · URL
- Pettigrew, T. F., & Tropp, L. R. (2008). How does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? A meta-analytic test of three mediators. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38(6), 922-934. · DOI 10.1002/ejsp.504
- Binder, J., Zagefka, H., Brown, R., Funke, F., Imamoglu, E. O., Krewer, B., ... & Uskul, A. K. (2009). Does contact reduce prejudice or does prejudice reduce contact? A longitudinal test of the contact hypothesis among majority and minority groups in three European countries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 843. · DOI 10.1037/a0013470
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