Convergent and predictive validity of implicit and explicit anxiety measures as a function of specificity similarity and content similarity

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Gschwendner, Tobias ^a,c   Hofmann, Wilhelm ^b   Schmitt, Manfred ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Construct validation; Implicit association test; Implicit explicit consistency; Implicit explicit moderation; MTMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949084838     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.4.254     Document Type: Article

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