What's in a name: Implicit self-esteem and the automatic self.

2001/01/01 by Sander L. Koole, Ap Dijksterhuis, Ad van Knippenberg · 15 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Cognitive psychology #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion #Implicit attitude #Psychology #Self-concept #Self-esteem #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.80.4.669

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Abstract

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• How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Js: Implicit Egotism and Interpersonal Attraction.
• What’s really in a Name-Letter Effect? Name-letter preferences as indirect measures of self-esteem
• Initial and noninitial name-letter preferences as obtained through repeated letter rating tasks continue to reflect (different aspects of) self-esteem.
• Including Others in the Implicit Self: Implicit Evaluation of Significant Others
• Towards Optimizing the Name Letter Test as a Measure of Implicit Self-esteem
• Secure Versus Fragile High Self‐Esteem as a Predictor of Verbal Defensiveness: Converging Findings Across Three Different Markers
• Moniker Maladies
• Testing the Generality of the Name Letter Effect: Name Initials and Everyday Attitudes
• The Name-Letter-Effect in Groups: Sharing Initials with Group Members Increases the Quality of Group Work
• Symbolic Significance of Initials on Longevity
• What a Coincidence! The Effects of Incidental Similarity on Compliance
• Name-letter effect [wikipedia]