Correlates of performance anxiety in practical music exams

Psychology of Music

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 432-439

  Rae, Gordon ^a   Mc Cambridge, Karen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Further Education College

^c Further Education College ^*

Author keywords

Gender; MPA; Musical performance anxiety; Personality; Years of playing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548828362     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735604046100     Document Type: Article

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