Investigating the role of psychoticism and sensation seeking in predicting emotional reactions to music

Psychology of Music

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-287

  Rawlings, David ^a   Leow, Shoen Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Deviant' music; 'Problem' music; Affect; Circumplex model of emotion; Emotion; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049133379     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607086042     Document Type: Article

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