Are implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem related? A meta-analysis for the Name-Letter Test

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 521-531

  Krizan, Zlatan ^a   Suls, Jerry ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit self esteem; Implicit self esteem; Meta analysis; Name Letter Effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148979006     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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