Changing explicit and implicit attitudes: The case of self-esteem

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-335

  Grumm, Mandy ^a   Nestler, Steffen ^a   Collani, Gernot von ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directed thinking; Dual process models; Evaluative conditioning; Explicit measures; Implicit measures; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049091874     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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