Through a Glass, Less Darkly?: Reassessing Convergent and Discriminant Validity in Measures of Implicit Self-Esteem

Self-esteemhas been traditionally assessed via self-report (explicit self-esteem: ESE). However, the limitations of self-report have prompted efforts to assess self-esteem indirectly (implicit self-esteem: ISE). It has been theorized that ISE and ESE reflect the operation of largely distinct mental systems. However, although low correlati...More