University students' strong experiences of music: Pleasure, engagement, and meaning

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-249

  Lamont, Alexandra ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional response; idiographic analysis; music listening; narrative approach; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857480317     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864911403368     Document Type: Article

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