An examination of the promoter of gender role stereotype-activation based on terror management theory

Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Nodera, Aya ^a   Karasawa, Kaori ^a   Numazaki, Makoto ^b   Takabayashi, Kumiko ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender role; Implicit association test; Stereotype activation; System justification; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955754636     PISSN: 09161503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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