The impact of implicit prejudice about the elderly on the reaction to stereotype confirmation and disconfirmation

Current Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-146

  Castelli, Luigi ^a,c   Zecchini, Alexia ^a   Deamicis, Leyla ^a   Sherman, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dipartimento di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione   (Italy)

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EID: 29544448724     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-005-1012-y     Document Type: Article

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