“Help! I Need Somebody”: Music as a Global Resource for Obtaining Wellbeing Goals in Times of Crisis

Frontiers in Psychology

John Melvin Treider¹  Jonna K. Vuoskoski¹  Pastora Martínez-Castilla²  Psyche Loui³  João F. Soares-Quadros⁴  Renee Timmers⁵  Roni Granot⁶  Shen Li⁷  Salomon Israel⁸  Boaz R. Cherki⁹  Daniel H. Spitz^1,10  Stefania La Rocca^1,11  Carlotta Lega^1,11  Ruth-Nayibe Cárdenas-Soler^1,12  Gabriela Pérez-Acosta^1,13  Marijn Coers^1,14  Rebecca S. Schaefer^1,15  Isabel M. Gutiérrez-Blasco^1,16  David M. Greenberg^1,17  Isabel Cecilia Martínez^1,18  María Marchiano^1,18  Matías Tanco^1,18  Lily Jiménez-Dabdoub^1,19  José Darío Martínez-Ezquerro^2,20 

[1] Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (RITMO), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain;Department of Music, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States;Department of Music, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil;Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom;Department of Musicology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China;Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;The Jerusalem School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy;Escuela de Música, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia;Facultad de Música, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico;Health, Medical & Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands;Health, Medical & Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands;Academy for Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands;Independent Researcher, Málaga, Spain;Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences and Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel;Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom;Laboratory for the Study of Musical Experience, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina;Laboratory of Psychology and Musical Arts, Faculty of Psychology and Faculty of Music, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico;Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Área Envejecimiento (UIESSAE), Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) & Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico;

关键词: music;    COVID-19;    wellbeing;    individualistic and collectivistic cultures;    mood regulation;    nostalgia;    gender;    age;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648013

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Music can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance positive mood, and facilitate social bonding. However, little is known about the role of music and related personal or cultural (individualistic vs. collectivistic) variables in maintaining wellbeing during times of stress and social isolation as imposed by the COVID-19 crisis. In an online questionnaire, administered in 11 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, and USA, N = 5,619), participants rated the relevance of wellbeing goals during the pandemic, and the effectiveness of different activities in obtaining these goals. Music was found to be the most effective activity for three out of five wellbeing goals: enjoyment, venting negative emotions, and self-connection. For diversion, music was equally good as entertainment, while it was second best to create a sense of togetherness, after socialization. This result was evident across different countries and gender, with minor effects of age on specific goals, and a clear effect of the importance of music in people's lives. Cultural effects were generally small and surfaced mainly in the use of music to obtain a sense of togetherness. Interestingly, culture moderated the use of negatively valenced and nostalgic music for those higher in distress.

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