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Psychological well-being in professional orchestral musicians in Australia

A descriptive population study

Bibliographic Data

ID23360600
AuthorsDianna T Kenny (0000-0003-1934-0163, The University of Sydney), Dianna Kenny (The University of Sydney), T Driscoll (0000-0003-0057-2490, The University of Sydney), Bronwen Ackermann (0000-0001-7467-1956, The University of Sydney)
Year2014
Volume42
Issue2
Pages210-232
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7356 • E-ISSN: 1741-3087
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0305735612463950
OpenAlexW2163499944
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited31

We report the major findings from the psychosocial questionnaire component of a cross-sectional population survey of the musicians in Australia’s eight full-time professional symphonic and pit orchestras. The response rate was 70% ( n = 377). Female musicians reported significantly more trait anxiety, music performance anxiety, social anxiety, and other forms of anxiety and depression than male musicians. The youngest musicians (

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