Intergroup contact has long been lauded as a key intervention to reduce prejudice and improve intergroup attitudes among youth. In this review, we summarize classic perspectives and new developments in the intergroup contact literature, highlighting both prospects and challenges associated with achieving desired youth outcomes through contact. First, we review literature showing how positive intergroup outcomes can be facilitated through cultivating optimal conditions for contact, as well as by attending to youth’s emotional responses to contact. We then discuss how desired contact outcomes may be inhibited by limited understanding of ways in which contact strategies may affect youth across developmental stages, as well as by limited focus on societal inequalities and intergroup conflict, which require examination of outcomes beyond prejudice reduction. We also review growing bodies of research on indirect contact strategies—such as extended contact, vicarious contact, and online contact—showing many options that can be used to promote positive relations among youth from diverse backgrounds, beyond the contact literature’s traditional focus on face-to-face interaction. We conclude this review by acknowledging how understanding both prospects and challenges associated with implementing contact strategies can enhance our capacity to prepare youth to embrace group differences and build more inclusive societies.

长期以来，群体间接触一直被誉为减少偏见和改善青年群体间态度的关键干预措施。在这篇综述中，我们总结了群体间接触文献中的经典观点和新发展，强调了与通过接触实现预期青年成果相关的前景和挑战。首先，我们回顾了文献，这些文献显示了如何通过培养最佳的接触条件以及关注青少年对接触的情绪反应来促进积极的群体间成果。然后，我们讨论了如何通过对接触策略可能会影响整个发展阶段的青年的方式的有限理解，以及对社会不平等和群体间冲突的有限关注，如何抑制期望的接触结果，这需要对减少偏见之外的结果进行检查。我们还回顾了关于间接接触策略的越来越多的研究——例如扩展接触、替代接触和在线接触——显示了许多可用于促进来自不同背景的青年之间积极关系的选择，超越了接触文献对面子的传统关注——面对面的互动。我们通过承认了解与实施联系策略相关的前景和挑战如何能够提高我们的能力，使青年为接受群体差异和建立更具包容性的社会做好准备，从而结束了本次审查。和在线联系——展示了许多可用于促进来自不同背景的青年之间积极关系的选择，超越了联系文献对面对面互动的传统关注。我们通过承认了解与实施联系策略相关的前景和挑战如何能够提高我们的能力，使青年为接受群体差异和建立更具包容性的社会做好准备，从而结束了本次审查。和在线联系——展示了许多可用于促进来自不同背景的青年之间积极关系的选择，超越了联系文献对面对面互动的传统关注。我们通过承认了解与实施联系策略相关的前景和挑战如何能够提高我们的能力，使青年为接受群体差异和建立更具包容性的社会做好准备，从而结束了本次审查。