Toward a better understanding of the relation between music preference, listening behavior, and personality

Psychology of Music

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-428

  Dunn, Peter Gregory ^a   De Ruyter, Boris ^b   Bouwhuis, Don G ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; genre; listening behavior; music preferences; personal preferences; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863334064     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735610388897     Document Type: Article

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