Implicit self-esteem in Japan: Name letters and birthday numbers

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 736-742

  Kitayama, Shinobu ^a,c   Karasawa, Mayumi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shirayuri University   (Japan)

^c Ctr Adv Stud in the Behav Sci   (United States)

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EID: 0031532985     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167297237006     Document Type: Article

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