The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Contact Theory on Help-Seeking Intention in Iranian Adolescent Girls
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4. Christ O, Kauff M. Intergroup contact the-ory. Social psychology in action: Evi-dence-based interventions from theory to practice. In: Social Psychology in Action. 2019:145-61.
5. Paolini S, White FA, Tropp LR, et al (2021). Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open. Journal of So-cial Issues, 77(1):11-37.
6. Pettigrew TF, Christ O, Wagner U, et al (2007). Direct and indirect intergroup contact effects on prejudice: A norma-tive interpretation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 31(4):411-25.
7. Dole RJ, Cameron L, Abbott‐Smith K (2025). Indirect Contact and Knowledge Interventions to Improve Relations in the Disabled‐Nondisabled Intergroup Context: A Systematic Review. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 55(3):171-189.
8. Damsté C, Gronholm PC, Groot Td, et al (2024). Social contact as a strategy to re-duce stigma in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and ex-pert perspectives. PLOS Glob Public Health, 4(3):e0003053.
9. Jorm AF (2020). Effect of contact-based in-terventions on stigma and discrimina-tion: a critical examination of the evi-dence. Psychiatr Serv, 71(7):735-7.
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Saboohi Z, Solhi M. The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Contact Theory on Help-Seeking Intention in Iranian Adolescent Girls. Iran J Public Health. 2025;54(10):2287-2289.



