Caught in the Middle: Defensive Responses to IAT Feedback Among Whites, Blacks, and Biracial Black/Whites

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-381

  Howell, Jennifer L ^a   Gaither, Sarah E ^b   Ratliff, Kate A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; automatic implicit processes; defensive processes; multiracial identity; racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926384193     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614561127     Document Type: Article

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