The effect of anxiety on impression formation: Affect-congruent or stereotypic biases?

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-83

  Curtis, Guy J ^a   Locke, Vance ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; REFERENCE VALUES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 17044361818     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466604X23464     Document Type: Article

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