Stalking the perfect measure of implicit self-esteem: The blind men and the elephant revisited?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 631-643

  Bosson, Jennifer K ^a,b   Swann Jr , William B ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034305304     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.4.631     Document Type: Article

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