The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and the malleability of ageist attitudes

Psychological Record

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-620

  Cullen, Claire ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a   Barnes Holmes, Yvonne ^a   Stewart, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adult humans; Implicit attitudes; Implicit cognition; Multiple exemplars; Relational frame theory; Transformation of function

Indexed keywords

EID: 72349092558     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395683     Document Type: Article

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