Gender differences in implicit gender self-categorization lead to stronger gender self-stereotyping by women than by men

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-551

  Cadinu, Mara ^a   Galdi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender; Implicit measures; Minority status; Self categorization; Self stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863774742     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1881     Document Type: Article

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