Emotion, Engagement and Meaning in Strong Experiences of Music Performance

Autor/in	Lamont, Alexandra
Titel	Emotion, Engagement and Meaning in Strong Experiences of Music Performance
Quelle	In: Psychology of Music, 40 (2012) 5, S.574-594 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7356
DOI	10.1177/0305735612448510
Schlagwörter	Music; Psychology; Musicians; Affective Behavior; Emotional Response; Well Being; Quality of Life; Recreational Activities; Motivation; Self Efficacy; Anxiety; College Students; Positive Attitudes; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Content Analysis; Emotional Experience; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musik; Psychologie; Musiker; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Emotionales Verhalten; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lebensqualität; Freizeitgestaltung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Angst; Collegestudent; Inhaltsanalyse; Ausland
Abstract	This paper explores the emotions connected with music performance. Performing music provides the potential to attain wellbeing via the hedonic and eudaimonic routes, appealing to pleasure, engagement and meaning (Seligman, 2002). To date, most research exploring emotions amongst performers has focused on these components separately, exploring positive or negative affect, flow, or the development of performer identity. In the current study, 35 university students (mean age 20.6 years) gave free reports of their strongest, most intense experiences of performing music. Accounts were content analyzed using the Strong Experiences of Music Descriptive System (Gabrielsson & Lindstrom Wik, 2003), and also analyzed for the components of wellbeing using an idiographic approach. Four basic types of response were characterized, emphasizing: (1) negative and positive emotions and personal engagement; (2) negative and positive emotions, engagement and meaning; (3) positive emotion and meaning; or (4) positive emotions, engagement, and meaning. The emphasis on the eudaimonic route to wellbeing (through engagement and meaning) shows that young musicians do have valuable and rewarding experiences with the potential to sustain long-term motivation to engage with practical music-making. The value of the positive psychology framework is also demonstrated by its applicability to descriptions of strong experiences of performing music. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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