<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cvencek, Dario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greenwald, Anthony G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meltzoff, Andrew N</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Implicit measures for preschool children confirm self-esteem&#039;s role in maintaining a balanced identity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Experimental Social Psychology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103115001250</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">62</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50-57</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0022-1031</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Self-esteem is one of social psychology&#039;s central constructs. Despite the wide endorsement of the importance ofself-esteem, there remains substantial variation in theoretical conceptions of how self-esteem functions. To helpaddress this point, 234 5-year-old children were tested in 3 studies that used a new implicit measure, the PreschoolImplicit Association Test (PSIAT). The PSIAT assessed associations of (a) me with good (self-esteem),(b) me with boy or girl (gender identity), and (c) boy or girl with good (gender attitude). The results documentedself-esteem in 5-year-olds, as well as own-gender identity and gender in-group preferences. Interestingly,children who had high self-esteem and strong own-gender identity displayed strong gender in-group preferences,supporting balanced identity theory&#039;s theoretical expectations that implicit self-esteem serves anidentity-maintenance function, even for young children. By preschool age, children display fundamental propertiesof adult implicit social cognition that relate to maintenance and functioning of group identities.&lt;/p&gt;
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