How shared preferences in music create bonds between people: Values as the missing link

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1159-1171

  Boer, Diana ^a   Fischer, Ronald ^b   Strack, Micha ^c   Bond, Michael H ^d   Lo, Eva ^e   Lam, Jason ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

attitudes; interpersonal relationships; music; personality; values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MUSIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960713641     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211407521     Document Type: Article

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