Implicit self and affect regulation: Effects of action orientation and subliminal self priming in an affective priming task

Self and Identity

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 118-136

  Koole, Sander ^a   Coenen, Linda ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34248589715     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860601118835     Document Type: Article

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