Nonconscious feelings of closeness toward African Americans and support for pro-black policies

Political Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-436

  Craemer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Implicit racial attitudes; Interracial feelings of closeness; Reaction time measures; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049122489     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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