Singers take center stage! Personality traits and stereotypes of popular musicians

Psychology of Music

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 818-830

  Cameron, James E ^a   Duffy, Melissa ^b   Glenwright, Brittni ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

in group bias; individual differences; musicians; personality perception; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945251692     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735614543217     Document Type: Article

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