Using the implicit association test to measure self-esteem and self-concept

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1022-1038

  Greenwald, Anthony G ^a   Farnham, Shelly D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOFTWARE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034575870     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.1022     Document Type: Article

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