Music-making facilitates acculturation and reduces acculturative stress: Evidence from a survey of migrants living in Germany

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI:10.1177/03057356241243333

Jasmin Chantah, Emily Frankenberg, Zora Kasanda, Stephan Bongard

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Abstract

Beneficial effects of music on wellbeing and group cohesion are well established. Furthermore, participation in music groups has been shown to be associated with increased orientation to the host culture, while orientation to culture of origin appears to remain unaffected. In order to gain insight into the effects of music activities on acculturative stress in adult migrants, a group of musically active migrants to Germany ( n = 80) was compared with migrants who had never played a musical instrument ( n = 86). We saw that music group members ( n = 42) reported lower levels of acculturative stress and a stronger orientation to mainstream culture compared to participants who are not actively making music. The association between music group membership and acculturative stress was mediated by orientation to host culture. Solo-musicians ( n = 38) did not differ from group-musicians and musically non-active subjects. We found no differences in orientation to the culture of origin between the study groups. The findings suggest that (group) music making can support acculturation processes in migrants.

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音乐创作促进文化适应并减轻文化适应压力：居住在德国的移民调查证据

音乐对身心健康和群体凝聚力的有益影响已得到公认。此外，参加音乐团体还能增加对东道国文化的向往，而对原籍文化的向往似乎不受影响。为了深入了解音乐活动对成年移民文化适应压力的影响，我们将一群活跃于音乐活动的德国移民（n = 80）与从未演奏过乐器的移民（n = 86）进行了比较。我们发现，与不积极从事音乐活动的参与者相比，音乐小组成员（n = 42）的文化适应压力水平较低，对主流文化的认同感较强。音乐团体成员身份与文化适应压力之间的关系是通过对东道主文化的取向来调节的。独奏音乐家（38 人）与团体音乐家和不活跃的音乐受试者没有差异。我们还发现，各研究小组在对原生文化的取向上没有差异。研究结果表明，（集体）音乐创作可以支持移民的文化适应过程。

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.