An Exploratory Study on the Acoustic Musical Properties to Decrease Self-Perceived Anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15460500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emilia Parada‐Cabaleiro (0000-0003-1843-3632, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, corresponding author), Anton Batliner (0000-0002-0946-7497, University of Augsburg), Markus Schedl (0000-0003-1706-3406, Johannes Kepler University of Linz) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 994-994 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19020994 |
| PMID | 35055816 |
| OpenAlex | W4205994851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 70 |
Musical listening is broadly used as an inexpensive and safe method to reduce self-perceived anxiety. This strategy is based on the emotivist assumption claiming that emotions are not only recognised in music but induced by it. Yet, the acoustic properties of musical work capable of reducing anxiety are still under-researched. To fill this gap, we explore whether the acoustic parameters relevant in music emotion recognition are also suitable to identify music with relaxing properties. As an anxiety indicator, the positive statements from the six-item Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory , a self-reported score from 3 to 12, are taken. A user-study with 50 participants assessing the relaxing potential of four musical pieces was conducted; subsequently, the acoustic parameters were evaluated. Our study shows that when using classical Western music to reduce self-perceived anxiety, tonal music should be considered. In addition, it also indicates that harmonicity is a suitable indicator of relaxing music, while the role of scoring and dynamics in reducing non-pathological listener distress should be further investigated
Active listening · Anxiety · Art · Cognitive psychology · Distress · Dynamics (music · Musical · Trait anxiety · Visual arts · Clinical Psychology · Communication · Diverse Music Education Insights · Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology
Emotional responses to music
The ASA Statement on p -Values
The Stroop Color and Word Test
Toward a psychology of Homo sapiens
The development of a six‐item short‐form of the state scale of the Spielberger State—Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition
The effect of music in anxiety reduction
The functions of music for affect regulation
Cross-cultural anger communication in music
Normalization of Hypertensive Responses During Ambulatory Surgical Stress by Perioperative Music
Musical emotions
Half a century of research on the Stroop effect
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Emotional responses to music
A circumplex model of affect
Anxiety as Social Practice
Prayer, Meditation, and Anxiety
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |