Implicit Romantic Fantasies and Women's Interest in Personal Power: A Glass Slipper Effect?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1357-1370

  Rudman, Laurie A ^a   Heppen, Jessica B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Implicit Association Test; Implicit social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0142153074     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203256906     Document Type: Article

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