The heterogeneity of self-esteem: Exploring the interplay between implicit and explicit self-esteem

Attitudes: Insights from the New Implicit Measures

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 253-281

  Jordan, Christian H ^a   Logel, Christine ^b   Spencer, Steven J ^b   Zanna, Mark P ^b   Whitfield, Mervyn L ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809884     Document Type: Chapter

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