Are music performance anxiety and performance boost perceived as extremes of the same continuum?

Psychology of Music

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-187

  Simoens, Veerle L ^a   Puttonen, Sampsa ^b   Tervaniemi, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Music performance anxiety; musical career; performance boost; pressure; social phobia; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923129588     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735613499200     Document Type: Article

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