Does music listening in a social context alter experience? A physiological and psychological perspective on emotion
Does music listening in a social context alter experience? A physiological and psychological perspective on emotion
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DOI：
10.1177/1029864911399497
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发表时间：
2011-11-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Altenmueller, Eckart
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作者：
Egermann, Hauke;Sutherland, Mary Elizabeth;Altenmueller, Eckart
音乐经常被证明能引起听众的情绪，也经常在社交场合听到（例如，音乐会、聚会等），然而，直到现在，社会环境对听众感受到的情绪的影响还不清楚。这项探索性的研究调查了在一组环境中听音乐是否会改变听众的情绪感受。对10个音乐片段的情绪反应进行了心理学（回顾性问卷和按钮按压的评分表明寒冷的体验，定义为脊椎颤抖或鸡皮疙瘩的体验）和生理学（皮肤电导反应）的测量，使用一种新的，创新的多通道测量设备。在一项重复测量的设计中，一个业余管弦乐队的14名成员（7男7女;平均年龄29岁）参加了两次测试：一次是单独的，一次是作为一个群体。在数据分析中验证寒战：仅当按钮按压伴随相应的皮肤电导响应时，才对每次寒战进行计数。结果显示，条件（组与单独）之间没有差异的回顾性情绪评级;然而，验证寒战的数量确实显示出在单独听会话中经历更多寒战的非显著趋势。此外，皮肤电导反应在寒冷期间显着较高的孤独听的条件。这一结果和其他结果表明，单独听音乐更能引起兴奋，这可能是由于缺乏社会反馈和在团体环境中对音乐的专注。
Music has often been shown to induce emotion in listeners and is also often heard in social contexts (e.g., concerts, parties, etc.), yet until now, the influences of social settings on the emotions experienced by listeners was not known. This exploratory study investigated whether listening to music in a group setting alters the emotion felt by listeners. The emotional reactions to 10 musical excerpts were measured both psychologically (rating on retrospective questionnaires and button presses indicated the experience of a chill, defined as the experience of a shiver down the spine or goose pimples) and physiologically (skin conductance response) using a new, innovative multi-channel measuring device. In a repeated measures design, 14 members of an amateur orchestra (7 male, 7 female; mean age 29) came in for two testing sessions: once alone, and once as a group. Chills were validated in the data analysis: each chill was counted only if the button press was accompanied by a corresponding skin conductance response. The results showed no differences between conditions (group vs. solitary) for retrospective emotion ratings; however, the number of validated chills did show a non-significant trend towards experiencing more chills in the solitary listening session. Also, skin conductance responses during chills were significantly higher during the solitary listening condition. This and other results suggested that music listening was more arousing alone, possibly due to the lack of social feedback and of concentration on the music in the group setting.