"How much do you like your name?" An implicit measure of global self-esteem

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1346-1354

  Gebauer, Jochen E ^a   Riketta, Michael ^b   Broemer, Philip ^c   Maio, Gregory R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Implicit measure; Self esteem; Self evaluation; Single item measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749126446     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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