English and American adolescents' reasons for listening to music

Psychology of Music

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-173

  Tarrant, Mark ^a   North, Adrian C ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011545702     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735600282005     Document Type: Article

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