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one initiated by parents, family, school or friends. However, children grow to enjoy
music which they find pleasurable in later stages of life.4
Individual

characteristics

such

as

higher

autonomy,

independence,

responsibility, resilience, achievement of goals, conceptions of ability/incremental
beliefs and attributions are more likely to motivate individuals to sustain musical
engagement.5 Similarly, soon after achieving a skil