The Do Re Mi's of Everyday Life: The Structure and Personality Correlates of Music Preferences

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1236-1256

  Rentfrow, Peter J ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSIC; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MUSIC; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0141530914     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1236     Document Type: Article

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