The importance of music to adolescents

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-272

  North, Adrian C ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^b   O'Neill, Susan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC;

EID: 0038326188     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709900158083     Document Type: Article

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