Decomposing the implicit self-concept: The relative influence of semantic meaning and valence on attribute self-association

Social Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-408

  Perkins, Andrew W ^a,c   Forehand, Mark R ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747167900     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: 0278016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.4.387     Document Type: Article

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