Location
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://www.mnstate.edu/sac/
Description
Research suggests that emotional regulation plays a vital role in mental and physical health and that music is often used for mood regulation. This research explored how music is used for mood regulation and the general effect of music on moods. This study examined the adaptive and maladaptive use of music for mood regulation. Two groups of participants were used; half of the participants were randomly assigned to melancholy music, and the other half were randomly assigned to upbeat music. A questionnaire containing The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure current mood states before and after listening to the assigned music. It was expected that listening to happy, upbeat music would increase positive affect, while people that listen to melancholy music would show an increase in negative affect. The brief-music in mood regulation scale (BMMRS) was used to measure how participants in both groups use music to regulate their moods. Simple main effects analysis showed that upbeat music did have a statistically significant effect on PANAS scores, and that melancholy music did not have a statistically significant effect on PANAS scores. This study provides evidence that music does have an effect on affect level and that music has the potential to be used as an effective emotional regulation strategy.
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Music and Mood Regulation: The effect of upbeat music on moods
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Research suggests that emotional regulation plays a vital role in mental and physical health and that music is often used for mood regulation. This research explored how music is used for mood regulation and the general effect of music on moods. This study examined the adaptive and maladaptive use of music for mood regulation. Two groups of participants were used; half of the participants were randomly assigned to melancholy music, and the other half were randomly assigned to upbeat music. A questionnaire containing The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure current mood states before and after listening to the assigned music. It was expected that listening to happy, upbeat music would increase positive affect, while people that listen to melancholy music would show an increase in negative affect. The brief-music in mood regulation scale (BMMRS) was used to measure how participants in both groups use music to regulate their moods. Simple main effects analysis showed that upbeat music did have a statistically significant effect on PANAS scores, and that melancholy music did not have a statistically significant effect on PANAS scores. This study provides evidence that music does have an effect on affect level and that music has the potential to be used as an effective emotional regulation strategy.
https://red.mnstate.edu/sac/2023/cshe/2