Relationship between reducing stress and upbeat (Pop) music
This study examined the relationship between reducing stress and listening to upbeat (Pop) music. It was hypothesized that listening to upbeat (Pop) music would reduce stress and elicit happiness in the 420 female participants.
Method
Participants
Four hundred and twenty women, ages 19 to 40 participated in the experiment. Women were selected as the primary participants for this study because when it comes to emotional display, they are often said to express more “powerless emotions (sadness, fear) and happiness more than men” (Safdar, Friedlmeier, Matsumoto, Yoo, Kwantes, Kakai, & Shigemasu 2009.) The experiment was designed for people with at least a junior high school education, of any income, and ethnicity. The participants were all students from Stony Brook University that learned of the study either from hearing a class announcement, received an email invitation or saw one of the many study recruitment postings on or around campus. The selected participants were all notified of a $10 gift card upon their completion of the study.
Measures
Upbeat (Pop) music is defined as “a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love” as well as cheerful, rhythmic, joyful, energetic, repetitive, uplifting, inspires singing, movement and dancing (n.d.) http://dictionary.reference.com/.) Classical music is defined as serious or conventional music following
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Carl Anka from The Independent tells us that studies prove that if you listen to sad or aggressive music often, you my experience higher anxiety. Research was conducted and they tested the neural activity of participants as they tuned in to happy, sad or fearful sounding music. After recording the results, the responses were assessed on several markers of mental health including depression, anxiety and neuroticism. Dr. Suvi Saarikallio, developer of the Music in Mood Regulation (MMR) test, shared, "This style of listening results in the feeling of expression of negative feelings, not necessarily improving the negative mood." With this article, I can show how music serves as a form of therapy to those who are emotionally distressed.
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While playing in or listening to a symphony, orchestra, or band, people do not only make or listen to beautiful music, but they get to experience many positive side effects. Michael Jolkovski (2013), a man who studies music, says, “It [music] can satisfy the need to unwind from the worries of life, but unlike the other things people often use for this purpose, such as excessive eating, drinking, or TV or aimless web browsing, it makes people more alive and connected with one another (1).” This statement shows how stress levels lower when one plays music. Both
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The impact of music on positive psychology and emotion is a well known fact. Music has an extraordinary ability to change people’s emotions. In humans, music has the ability to invoke emotions of sadness, happiness and even fear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the casual relationship between music practice and participation on the emotions and well-being of male and female adults. The hypotheses for this study were as follows; Hypothesis 1: Music practice and participation has an emotional impact on individuals under study; Hypothesis 2: Preference of more music genres is positively correlated with higher levels of happiness among the population under study; Hypothesis 3: Preference of more music genres is positively correlated with emotional response among the population under study. Results of the study indicated that both age groups had a positive emotional response to music.
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