The effects of auditory perception and musical preference on anxiety in naive human subjects.
The effects of auditory perception and musical preference on anxiety in naive human subjects.
复制标题
听觉感知和音乐偏好对天真的人类受试者焦虑的影响。
作者：
Elliott Salamon;Steven R Bernstein;S. Kim;Minsun Kim;G. Stefano
背景
不同学科的研究人员已经对使用音乐作为缓解焦虑的方法进行了广泛的研究。这些报告大量关注哪种音乐类型最能帮助缓解压力。在听觉偏好领域，几乎没有开展任何工作来试图确定一个人喜欢的音乐类型是否比他们很少或没有倾向的音乐更有助于减轻他们的焦虑。
材料/方法
在本报告中，我们试图确定接触他们喜欢的音乐的天真的人类受试者是否表现出焦虑的减少（通过收缩压和舒张压值来测量）。我们进一步将这些值与在非偏好音乐聆听期间获得的值进行对比。
结果
我们发现，只有当受试者接触到他们喜欢的音乐选择时，焦虑水平才会在统计学上显着降低。
结论
参与这项研究的学生已经知道什么类型的音乐最能让他们放松。我们相信，在普通人群中，许多人没有这种自我了解。我们的结论是，音乐疗法可能为这种自我理解提供一种机制，从而有助于缓解焦虑和压力。
BACKGROUND
The use of music as a method of relieving anxiety has been studied extensively by researchers from varying disciplines. The abundance of these reports focused on which genre of music best aided in the relief of stress. Little work has been performed in the area of auditory preference in an attempt to ascertain whether an individual's preferred music type aids in their anxiety reduction at levels greater than music that they have little or no propensity for.
MATERIAL/METHODS
In the present report we seek to determine whether naive human subjects exposed to music of their preference show a decrease in anxiety, as measured by systolic and diastolic blood pressure values. We furthermore contrast these values to those obtained during non-preferred music listening.
RESULTS
We found statistically significant reduction of anxiety levels only when subjects were exposed to their preferred musical selections.
CONCLUSIONS
Students participating in the study already had knowledge of what genre of music would best relax them. It is our belief, that within the general population, many people do not have this self understanding. We conclude that music therapy may provide a mechanism for this self-understanding and subsequently help alleviate anxiety and stress.