Measuring implicit alcohol associations via the Internet: Validation of Web-based implicit association tests

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1134-1143

  Houben, Katrijn ^a   Wiers, Reinout W ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGY; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 58149395148     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.4.1134     Document Type: Article

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