Perceived performance anxiety in advanced musicians specializing in different musical genres

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-41

  Papageorgi, Ioulia ^a   Creech, Andrea ^a   Welch, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced performance; Group performance; Musical genre; Performance anxiety; Solo performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877879447     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735611408995     Document Type: Article

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