ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Emotion Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1583665
This article is part of the Research TopicMusic-based Interventions for Mental Health and WellbeingView all 5 articles
Adolescent Emotional Responses to Different Music Arrangements
Provisionally accepted
- 1Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
- 2Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Objective: This study aims to investigate adolescents' positive emotional responses to different music arrangements, focusing on the influence of gender, music preference, and personal musical experience on emotional responses. The hypothesis proposes that gender and musical experience have a significant impact on adolescents' emotional responses to music.The study recruited 120 adolescents who listened to three different arrangements of the same song. Emotional responses were assessed using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), alongside physiological measures including electrodermal activity (EDA) and heart rate variability (HRV). Statistical analyses, including analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation analysis, were employed to evaluate the effects of gender, music preference, and personal musical experience on emotional responses.Results: Female participants showed higher PANAS scores for certain music arrangements. Music education or artistic training had no significant effect. Music preference was negatively correlated with emotional responses, while listening experience had a significant positive impact.Physiologically, the rock version (B) elicited the highest EDA, the classical version (A) showed the highest HRV, and the bossa nova version (C) yielded moderate responses in both measures.Gender and personal music preferences play important roles in adolescents' emotional responses to musical arrangements. These findings hold potential applications in music therapy, education, and psychological health interventions for adolescents.
Keywords: Adolescent emotions, music arrangement, gender differences, music preference, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, emotional response
Received: 26 Feb 2025; Accepted: 26 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Qianqi Fan, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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