TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schnabel, Konrad
A1  - Asendorpf, Jens B.
T1  - Free associations as a measure of stable implicit attitudes
JF  - European journal of personality
N2  - Two studies explored the psychometric properties of free association methods for the assessment of attitudes. Even though the stability of the actual associations was rather low, psychometric properties of the valence estimates of the free associations were highly satisfactory. Valence estimates of associations were provided by independent judges who rated the valence of the associations that were generated by participants. Valence estimates of the associations showed satisfactory internal consistencies and retest reliabilities over three weeks. Additionally, valence estimates of the associations were significantly and independently related to both explicit self-reported attitudes and implicit attitudes that were assessed with an OssiWessi Implicit Association Test. Free association methods represent a useful complement to the family of implicit measures and are especially suitable for the assessment of non-relative attitudes towards single attitude objects.
KW  - free associations
KW  - automatic associations
KW  - automatic attitudes
KW  - social cognition
KW  - implicit measures
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1890
SN  - 0890-2070
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
SP  - 39
EP  - 50
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -