Towards a uses and gratifications approach: An examination of commitment and involvement in popular music¹

The research for this article was funded by a grant from California Mental Health Services. The author would like to thank John C. Phillips for his help as co‐recipient of the grant, in all phases of this research. I would also like to thank Tower Records, who provided free gift certificates as inducements for responses from many in the sample from whom it would have been difficult to otherwise interview. Annonymous reviewers have suggested points that have strengthened this article. I thank them as well.

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The research for this article was funded by a grant from California Mental Health Services. The author would like to thank John C. Phillips for his help as co‐recipient of the grant, in all phases of this research. I would also like to thank Tower Records, who provided free gift certificates as inducements for responses from many in the sample from whom it would have been difficult to otherwise interview. Annonymous reviewers have suggested points that have strengthened this article. I thank them as well.