Nostalgia and Identity in Song Lyrics

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 236-244

  Batcho, Krystine Irene ^a   DaRin, Meghan L ^a   Nave, Andrea M ^a   Yaworsky, R Renée ^b  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

identity; lyrics; nostalgia; social connectedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949829148     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.2.4.236     Document Type: Article

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