Reversing implicit gender stereotype activation as a function of exposure to traditional gender roles

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-116

  De Lemus, Soledad ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Bukowski, Marcin ^c   Moya, Miguel ^a   Lupiáñez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agency competence vs. communion warmth; Gender roles; Gender stereotypes; Implicit measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876568456     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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