Validating the semantic misattribution procedure as an implicit measure of gender stereotyping

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 348-364

  Ye, Yang ^a,c   Gawronski, Bertram ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender stereotyping; implicit measures; misattribution; sexism; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE; OCCUPATION; SEXISM; STEREOTYPING; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 85033225138     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2337     Document Type: Article

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