Music Listening and Stress in Daily Life-a Matter of Timing
Linnemann A, Wenzel M, Grammes J, Kubiak T, Nater UM
International journal of behavioral medicine · 18 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Universität Wien
- University or hospital
- University of Vienna
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Publication
- Published
- 2017-11-21 · Int J Behav Med · vol. 25 · issue 2 · pp. 223–230
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Cited
- 59 citations · more than 87% of similar papers · 2.1× the field average
- References
- 29 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Diverse Music Education Insights
- Keywords
- Active listening, Psychology, Stress (linguistics), Audiology, Appreciative listening, Music psychology, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Medicine, Music education, Communication
- MeSH
- humans, stress, psychological, music, adolescent, adult, female, male, young adult, self report
5 authors
From DE, AT
- Alexandra LinnemannPhilipps University of Marburg
- Mario WenzelJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Jennifer GrammesJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Thomas KubiakJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Urs Markus Nater · correspondingUniversity of Vienna; Philipps University of Marburg
Abstract
Purpose
Despite increasing evidence suggesting that music listening in daily life has stress-reducing effects, studies mostly rely on subjective, retrospective data on music listening. Thus, the temporal dynamics underlying the stress-reducing effect of music listening remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed to examine the temporal dynamics of the associations between stress and music listening by assessing subjective and objective data on music in daily life.
Design
An exploratory Ambulatory Assessment study examining a total of 60 participants (37 women), aged 18 to 34 years (M = 22.4 years, SD = 3.5) was conducted.
Methods
For 1 week, participants answered questions on music listening and stress six times per day via an electronic diary device, which additionally objectively sampled the exact time point of music listening and its duration.
Results
Self-reports on mere music listening were associated with lower stress reports, whereas objectively assessed data was not. However, concerning duration of music listening, both subjective and objective data on music listening showed associations between a minimum of 20 min of music listening and lower stress reports. Concerning the latency, objective data on music listening revealed that the association between stress reports and music listening occurs in a time-delayed manner.
Conclusions
Although the study design does not allow for causal inferences, substantial associations among subjectively and objectively assessed data on music listening were found to differentially affect the experience of stress after music listening. In particular, when focusing on the temporal dynamics, objectively assessed data allowed for a more fine-grained analysis. In consequence, subjectively and objectively reported data on music listening should be assessed jointly when investigating effects of music listening on health. Experimental research with rigorous methodological control is required in order to corroborate our findings in a laboratory setting.
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