An integrated threat model of explicit and implicit attitudes

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 808-830

  Aberson, Christopher L ^a   Gaffney, Amber M ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTYPING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 69249088575     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.582     Document Type: Article

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