Emotional Reactions to Music in a Nationally Representative Sample of Swedish Adults
Prevalence and Causal Influences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrik N Juslin (0000-0002-5381-2067, Uppsala University), Simon Liljeström (0000-0002-1463-2346, Uppsala University), Petri Laukka (0000-0001-8771-6818, Stockholm University), Daniel Västfjäll (0000-0003-2873-4500, Linköping University), Lars‐olov Lundqvist (0000-0002-6703-7575, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden), Lars-Olov Lundqvist |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-207 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Musicae Scientiae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1029-8649 • E-ISSN: 2045-4147 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/102986491101500204 |
| OpenAlex | W4254301662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 63 |
Empirical studies have indicated that listeners value music primarily for its ability to arouse emotions. Yet little is known about which emotions listeners normally experience when listening to music, or about the causes of these emotions. The goal of this study was therefore to explore the prevalence of emotional reactions to music in everyday life and how this is influenced by various factors in the listener, the music, and the situation. A self-administered mail questionnaire was sent to a random and nationally representative sample of 1,500 Swedish citizens between the ages of 18 and 65, and 762 participants (51%) responded to the questionnaire. Thirty-two items explored both musical emotions in general (semantic estimates) and the most recent emotion episode featuring music for each participant (episodic estimates). The results revealed several variables (e.g., personality, age, gender, listener activity) that were correlated with particular emotions. A multiple discriminant analysis indicated that three of the most common emotion categories in a set of musical episodes (i.e., happiness, sadness, nostalgia) could be predicted with a mean accuracy of 70% correct based on data obtained from the questionnaire. The results may inform theorizing about musical emotions and guide the selection of causal variables for manipulation in future experiments
Active listening · Anger · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Emotion classification · Everyday life · Happiness · Music and emotion · Music education · Music history · Musical · Personality · Sadness · Communication · Diverse Music Education Insights · Music and Audio Processing · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |