Measuring implicit gender-role orientation: The gender initial preference task

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 358-367

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   Burger, Christoph ^a   Schiller, Franziska R ^a   Schulze, Esther K ^a   Voracek, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898010256     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2013.825622     Document Type: Article

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