Two decades of research on possible selves and the ‘missing males’ problem in choral music

International Journal of Music Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-30

  Freer, Patrick K ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boys; changing voice; identity; motivation; persistence; self efficacy; singing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993767744     PISSN: 02557614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0255761409351341     Document Type: Article

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