Equal-status, purposeful, community-sanctioned contact best reduces prejudice.

Evidence

Allport (1954/1979) stated: … To be maximally effective, contact … should lead to a sense of equality in social status, should occur in ordinary purposeful pursuits … and enjoy the sanction of the community in which they occur. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 540

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is the canonical statement of Allport’s contact hypothesis conditions — equal status, common goals, and institutional support.
• XREF: connects to: Close cross-community friendships best promote reconciliation, and segregated schooling sustains division. — Miles Hewstone and Joanne Hughes, Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: the…, 26