@article {Curtis:March 2005:0144-6665:65,
	author = "Curtis, Guy J.",
	author = "Locke, Vance",
	title = "The effect of anxiety on impression formation: Affect-congruent or stereotypic biases?",
	journal = "British Journal of Social Psychology",
	volume = "44",
	year = "March 2005",
	abstract = "Two classes of theories propose that anxious individuals will form either more affect-congruent or more stereotypic impressions of others. These theories' predictions are not mutually exclusive. Eighty-one participants were examined to determine if either class of theories was more descriptive of the effect of anxiety on impression formation or whether a theory combining elements of both was more appropriate. Anxious participants read behavioural descriptions about an Australian Aboriginal target that were stereotypic, non-stereotypic, threatening, and non-threatening, and rated the target on traits that corresponded to the behavioural descriptions. Anxious participants formed impressions that were more affect-congruent, but not more stereotypic, than those formed by control participants. This result was replicated in a field study with 61 participants who were waiting to see a dentist. Future studies should examine the cognitive mechanisms that influence and underlie anxious affect-congruent impression formation.",
	pages = "65-83(19)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpsoc/bjsp/2005/00000044/00000001/art00006"
	doi = "doi:10.1348/014466604X23464"
}