Name-letter preferences for new last name and abandoned birth name initials in the context of name-change via marriage

Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   LeBel, Etienne P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implicit self esteem; Initial preference task; Marriage; Name letter task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555218369     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000075     Document Type: Review

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