Connections between affective responses and affective use of music
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Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä , Finland
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Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Background: Emotions are a key element in musical experiences. In recent year, there has been a boom of research to uncover musical features, psychological processes, and individual differences affecting the emotional responses to music. However, little is known about how affective responding to music is related to how people use music in their everyday life.
Aim: The current study aimed to explore connections between the affective responding to music and the different strategies of using music for affective purposes, more specifically, for mood regulation.
Method: 18 young adults rated the perceived and induced emotions, preference, pleasantness, and beauty of self-selected music. They also filled in a”Music in Mood Regulation (MMR)” questionnaire assessing their use of 7 music-related mood-regulation strategies in their everyday life.
Results: The use of music for mood regulation correlated positively with more intense emotional responding to self-selected music. The use of certain regulation strategies was also interestingly correlated with affective responding. For instance, the use of music for mental contemplation of emotional experiences was positively correlated with finding sad music more pleasant, beautiful, and preferable.
Conclusions: The current study clarifies the link between affective responses to music and the way music is used in everyday life. Moreover, it improves our understanding of the individual factors affecting emotional responses to music.
Conference:
Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Posters
Citation:
Saarikallio
S,
Nieminen
S and
Brattico
E
(2009). Connections between affective responses and affective use of music.
Conference Abstract:
Tuning the Brain for Music.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.023
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Received:
26 Jan 2009;
Published Online:
26 Jan 2009.
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Correspondence:
Suvi Saarikallio, Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, suvi.saarikallio@jyu.fi