Effects of pretesting implicit self-determined motivation on behavioral engagement: Evidence for the mere measurement effect at the implicit level

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Keatley, David A ^a   Clarke, David D ^b   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Hagger, Martin S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implicit association test; Implicit measurement; Mere measurement effect; Priming; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897642371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00125     Document Type: Article

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