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Cover -- Cover Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Exploring the Latent Structure of Strength-related Attitude Attributes -- I. Introduction -- II. Defining Strength-Related Attitude Attributes -- III. Underlying Constructs? -- IV. Attitude Importance and Knowledge -- V. Importance and Certainty -- VI. Importance and Accessibility -- VII. Accessibility and Certainty -- VIII. Attitude Strength Composites and Their Constituents -- IX. General Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Implementation Intentions and Goal Achievement: A Meta-analysis of Effects and Processes -- I. Introduction -- II. Goal Intention Strength and Goal Achievement -- III. Self-Regulation of Goal Striving -- IV. Present Review -- V. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I -- References -- Chapter 3: Interracial Interactions: A Relational Approach -- I. Conceptual Approaches to Study Interracial Interactions -- II. Intergroup Meta-Perceptions -- III. Avoiding Interracial Interactions -- IV. Dynamics of Interracial Contact: A View from Both Sides -- V. Interpersonal Concerns with Prejudice and Interracial Contact -- VI. Racial Attitudes and Interracial Contact -- VII. Methodological Considerations -- VIII. Suggestions for Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4: The Psychology of Self-defense: Self-Affirmation Theory -- I. Introduction -- II. Self-Affirmation and Threats to the Individual Self -- III. Self-Affirmation and Responses to Collective Threats -- IV. Moderator Variables and Qualifying Conditions -- V. Underlying Processes and Superordinate Functions -- VI. Implications for Interpersonal Relationships and Coping -- VII. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5: Intergroup Beliefs: Investigations From the Social Side -- I. Introduction -- II. What are Stereotypes and Prejudice? -- III. Social Motivations and Intergroup Beliefs -- IV. The Acquisition of Intergroup Beliefs in Childhood -- V. Personality and Intergroup Beliefs -- VI. Priming Social Motivations -- VII. Group Differences in Intergroup Beliefs -- VIII. Group Beliefs as Social Norms -- IX. The Sharing and Transmission of Intergroup Beliefs -- X. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6: A Multicomponent Conceptualization of Authenticity: Theory and Research -- I.A Historical Overview of Authenticity -- II. Taking Stock of These Various Perspectives: Towards a Psychological View of Authenticity -- III. Psychological Perspectives on Authenticity -- IV. A Multicomponent Conceptualization of Authenticity -- V. Measuring Individual Differences in Dispositional Authenticity: The Authenticity Inventory -- VI. Authenticity and Healthy Psychological Functioning -- VII. Authenticity, Relationship Functioning, and Relationship Satisfaction -- VIII. Authenticity and Retrospective Accounts of Parental Authority Styles -- IX. Authenticity and Self-Esteem --tidtid635.

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