Adolescents' musical role models: Whom do they admire and why?

Psychology of Music

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-415

  Ivaldi, Antonia ^a   O'Neill, Susan A ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Image; Pop star; Popular music

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049342224     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607086045     Document Type: Article

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