More than meets the eye: The influence of implicit and explicit self-esteem on materialism

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-87

  Park, Ji Kyung ^a   John, Deborah Roedder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit self esteem; Implicit self esteem; Materialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551482835     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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