By Thomas F. Pettigrew,Linda R. Tropp

Research and concept on intergroup touch became one of many quickest advancing and most fun fields in social psychology in recent times. The paintings is fascinating since it combines easy social mental issues -- human interplay, situational affects on habit -- with a good technique of enhancing intergroup relatives at a time whilst the realm is witnessing common intergroup hatred and strife.


This quantity offers an outline of this quickly progressing quarter of research – its origins and early paintings, its present prestige and up to date advancements, besides criticisms of this paintings and proposals for destiny instructions. It covers a number of study findings regarding touch among teams drawn from the authors’ huge meta-analysis of 515 released reports on intergroup touch. This meta-analysis, including the authors’ popular examine on intergroup touch, offers an outstanding beginning and huge review of the sector, to that have been additional discussions of analysis extensions and rising directions.


When teams Meet is a wealthy, entire review of vintage and modern paintings on intergroup contact, and provides insights into the place this paintings is headed sooner or later. For learn experts, this quantity not just serves as a sourcebook for learn and concept on intergroup touch, it additionally presents the full 515-item bibliography from the meta-analysis. The transparent constitution and available writing kind also will attract complex undergraduate and graduate scholars in psychology and different social sciences.

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