From Adorable to Worthless: Implicit and Self-Report Structure of Highly Evaluative Personality Descriptors

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-41

  Benet Martínez, Verónica ^b   Waller, Niels G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0036108761     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.431     Document Type: Article

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