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Dissociation between implicit and explicit attitudes towards the rich in a developing country: The case of China

  • Zhou Fan
  • , Wang Dengfeng

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Abstract

In developing countries in which the gap between the rich and the poor is wide, we hypothesized a dissociation between people's implicit and explicit attitudes towards the rich. We tested this hypothesis in China, the world's largest emerging economy. As predicted, Chinese participants exhibited a negative attitude towards the rich in responding to a questionnaire which measured their explicit attitude. In contrast, when an implicit measure was used, they were found to hold a positive attitude towards the rich. In addition, the correlation between the explicit and implicit measures was not significant. © Society for Personality Research (Inc.).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-302
JournalSocial Behavior and Personality
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • Developing countries
  • Dissociation
  • Explicit attitudes
  • Implicit attitudes
  • Income

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