Is “Cootie” in the Eye of the Beholder? An Experimental Attempt to Modify Implicit Associations Tied to Contamination Fears

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-495

  Green, Jennifer S ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination fear; Implicit associations; Information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941951022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.026111     Document Type: Article

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