Social identity on a national scale: Optimal distinctiveness and young people's self-expression through musical preference

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-317

  Abrams, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Music; Optimal distinctiveness; Social identity; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449152201     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209102841     Document Type: Article

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