Reasons for participating in musical activities and their relationship with well-being during and before Covid-19

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Kiss, Luca and Linnell, Karina J. 2023. Reasons for participating in musical activities and their relationship with well-being during and before Covid-19. Psychology of Music, 51(3), pp. 1013-1025. ISSN 0305-7356 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

People tend to participate in musical activities—whether it is making or listening to music—for reasons that are related to basic psychological needs. This study explored whether the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) has changed the reasons for participating in musical activities and examined the relationship between these reasons and well-being during as well as before the pandemic. In total, 246 people (between 18 and 35 years) completed a survey during the pandemic, which contained questions relating to the reasons for participating in musical activities—namely the promotion of identity and agency, mood regulation, relaxation and company, enjoyment—and to subjective and eudaimonic well-being before and after the outbreak of the pandemic. Results showed that during the pandemic compared with before, people more often chose music to promote identity and agency, mood regulation, and relaxation and company. Two of the reasons that were invoked more often—namely identity and agency and mood regulation—positively predicted eudaimonic and subjective well-being, respectively, during the pandemic as well as before. Thus, people’s reasons for participating in musical activities during the pandemic compared with before changed in a direction consistent with increasing both eudaimonic and subjective well-being.

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Article

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https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221124034

Data Access Statement:

The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors upon request.

Keywords:

music, Covid-19, subjective well-being, eudaimonic well-being, identity and agency, mood regulation, relaxation and company

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology > Timing, Awareness, and Suggestion Lab
Psychology

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