HPRHealth Psychology ResearchTBA2420-8124Health Psychology Research10.4081/hpr.2015.1545GeneralUnderstanding the missing link  between musical attitudes,  preferences and psychological  profiles: music as auto medication and self-adminis tered therapy? Implications  for music therapyhttps://healthpr.org/journal/HPR/3/3/10.4081/hpr.2015.1545BragazziNicola Luigi,RattoGiorgio,LucheNicola Dalle,CanforiTiziana,ProiettiClaudio,PuenteGiovanni Del2015332015-11-30Music therapy; musical attitudes; preferences; psychological profiles; self-adminis tered therapy

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