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Implicit measures of personality that for reasons addressed below could be better named indirect are used to reflect the relation between “self” and a given personality feature and allow to infer one’s implicit self-concept indirectly from behavioral responses in specifically designed computer tasks instead of relying on a direct self-assessment. Hence, they can provide information about personality aspects that people may be unable or unwilling to report when asked directly and have demonstrated predictive validity of relevant criteria, especially under certain conditions (De Cuyper et al. 2017; Greenwald et al. 2009; Perugini et al. 2010).
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Perugini, M., Richetin, J., Costantini, G. (2018). Implicit Measures of Personality. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_817-1
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