The role of sensitizing experiences in music performance anxiety in adolescent musicians

Psychology of Music

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-462

  Osborne, Margaret S ^a   Kenny, Dianna T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Psychology Faculty of Health Sciences

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitions; Gender; Trait anxiety; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049402605     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607086051     Document Type: Article

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