From automatic antigay prejudice to behavior: The moderating role of conscious beliefs about gender and behavioral control

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-280

  Dasgupta, Nilanjana ^a   Rivera, Luis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward homosexuals; Automaticity; Gender roles; Implicit social cognition; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747160780     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.268     Document Type: Article

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