On the Validity of Idiographic and Generic Self-Concept Implicit Association Tests: A Core-Concept Model

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-528

  Bluemke, Matthias ^a   Friese, Malte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centrality; Idiographic; Implicit association; Nomothetic; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866457439     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.850     Document Type: Article

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