The melody in the mind: Associations between earworms, schizotypy, and subclinical obsessive-compulsive disorder

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI:10.1177/03057356251334601

Flóra Fülöp, Ferenc Honbolygó

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Abstract

Earworms are a form of involuntary musical imagery which are in many ways similar to musical hallucinations and obsessions present in clinical disorders, such as schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Previous research has shown relationships between earworms and schizotypy as well as subclinical OCD. The aim of this study was to investigate these associations in a Hungarian sample of 4301 participants. We hypothesized that (1) there would be significant correlations between aspects of schizotypy, subclinical OCD and earworms; (2) higher scores on either the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Revised (OCI-R) or the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Brief Revised (SPQ-BR) would be associated with more negative attitudes toward earworm experiences, as measured with the Negative valence factor of the Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (IMIS), as well as (3) longer and more frequent earworm episodes. Bayesian Kendall’s tau-b correlations showed weak relationships between several aspects of both schizotypy and subclinical OCD, and introspection related to earworms and earworm-related movement. S tructural equation models showed that subclinical OCD had a weak, positive association with negative attitudes toward earworms, while schizotypy had a positive association with earworm frequency, earworm-related movement, and earworm-related introspection. These results partially support previous findings, and provide new, relevant information about the associations of personality traits and earworms in a large sample.

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脑海中的旋律：耳朵虫、精神分裂和亚临床强迫症之间的联系

耳虫是一种无意识的音乐意象，在很多方面类似于精神分裂症和强迫症等临床疾病中的音乐幻觉和强迫症。先前的研究表明，耳虫和精神分裂型以及亚临床强迫症之间存在联系。这项研究的目的是在匈牙利4301名参与者的样本中调查这些关联。我们假设：(1)分裂型、亚临床强迫症与耳虫之间存在显著相关性；(2)强迫症量表（OCI-R）和分裂型人格问卷（SPQ-BR）得分越高，对耳虫经历的负面态度越严重（用非自愿音乐意象量表（IMIS）的负效价因子进行测量）；(3)耳虫发作时间越长，频率越高。Bayesian Kendall的tau-b相关性显示，精神分裂型和亚临床强迫症以及与耳虫和耳虫相关的运动相关的内省之间的几个方面存在微弱的关系。S结构方程模型显示，亚临床强迫症与对耳虫的消极态度呈弱正相关，而分裂型与耳虫频率、耳虫相关运动和耳虫相关内省呈正相关。这些结果部分支持了之前的发现，并在大样本中提供了关于人格特征和耳虫之间关系的新的相关信息。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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4.00

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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.