Emotional outcomes of regulation strategies used during personal music listening: A mobile experience sampling study

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-291

  Randall, William M ^a   Rickard, Nikki S ^a   Vella Brodrick, Dianne A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; experience sampling method; hedonic shift; mental health; mobile phone; music; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910065848     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: 20454147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864914536430     Document Type: Article

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