Reducing implicit prejudice: Matching approach/avoidance strategies to contextual valence and regulatory focus

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 968-973

  Phills, Curtis E ^a   Santelli, Alexander G ^b   Kawakami, Kerry ^a   Struthers, C Ward ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit prejudice; Prejudice reduction; Regulatory fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959511926     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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