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Tune in, recall more: Exploring the effects of a musical mnemonic device on children’s working memory 收听，回忆更多：探索音乐助记器对儿童工作记忆的影响

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261433599

Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly, In Son Zeng, Ivy Ho I Chao, Yuqi Lin

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Flow in instrumental improvisation: Task constraints and their connection to students’ personality, musical skills, and self-regulation 乐器即兴演奏的流动：任务约束及其与学生个性、音乐技巧和自我调节的关系

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-24 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261426478

Jo Stijnen, Filip Verneert, Luc Nijs, Peter Van Petegem

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Character judgements of rap music fans 说唱乐迷的性格判断

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-19 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261424252

Kaila C Putter, Dan J Miller, Amy Belfi, James Rees, Amanda E Krause

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Secure adult attachment to fathers’ and students’ perceptions of shared reasons for musical engagement 确保父亲和学生对音乐参与的共同原因的看法的成人依恋

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-16 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261422161

Sheree Dickinson, Adrian C North

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Music listening according to the iso principle in patients with mood disorders 根据iso原则听音乐的患者心境障碍

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261427384

Katrin Starcke, Stefan Gebhardt, Richard von Georgi

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Music as a distraction during reading: Music listening habits of university students 阅读时的音乐干扰：大学生的音乐听习惯

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261421209

Lindsey Cooke, Craig Speelman, Ross Hollett

{"title":"Music as a distraction during reading: Music listening habits of university students","authors":"Lindsey Cooke, Craig Speelman, Ross Hollett","doi":"10.1177/03057356261421209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356261421209","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research indicates high proportions of individuals report they have music playing while they read. This behaviour has implications for effective comprehension, as some scholars suggest the presence of music depletes cognitive resources, resulting in a greater chance of becoming distracted. By contrast, some have claimed that listening to music can improve cognitive performance by increasing physiological arousal and improving mood. This study captured self-reported behaviours of university students regarding whether they chose to listen to music while reading for study purposes. Reasons for listening varied, with reports of increased motivation, enhanced focus, or masking external noise. The most listened to music genres while reading were Classical and Rock, and individuals preferred to listen to non-lyrical, slow music while reading. Similar proportions of respondents claimed they often listen to music while reading for study purposes (54%) and avoided it (46%), suggesting that individual differences may determine whether music is distracting or helpful to readers. Working Memory Capacity was not found to be associated with distraction from music while reading, nor was trait Mind Wandering. However, a Music Engagement rating was related to how helpful individuals perceived background music to be while reading and their decision to listen to it.","PeriodicalId":47977,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Music","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147635897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“I Can See Clearly Now”: On the time-varying associations between self-concept clarity and music preferences across adolescence into young adulthood “我现在可以看得很清楚”：关于自我概念清晰度和音乐偏好之间的时间变化关系，从青春期到青年期

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-04-02 DOI: 10.1177/03057356251414392

Andrik Becht, Tom ter Bogt

{"title":"“I Can See Clearly Now”: On the time-varying associations between self-concept clarity and music preferences across adolescence into young adulthood","authors":"Andrik Becht, Tom ter Bogt","doi":"10.1177/03057356251414392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251414392","url":null,"abstract":"This longitudinal study explored the connections between self-concept clarity (SCC) and music preferences across early adolescence into young adulthood. Six times, N = 900 Dutch adolescents and young adults ( M age T1 = 12.48 years, 51% females) completed a survey assessing their SCC and music preferences, categorized into mainstream music (including pop, hip-hop, popular rock, and dance/trance) and non-mainstream music (heavy metal, goth, and hardstyle dance). Latent growth curve analyses with SCC as time-varying covariates confirmed that there was no systematic association between SCC and mainstream preferences for pop, hip-hop, and dance/trance in mid- to late adolescence, and that this relationship became mostly positive in young adulthood. However, SCC was negatively associated with a preference for another type of mainstream music: popular rock. As predicted, adolescents with low SCC also preferred thematically complex, non-mainstream genres such as heavy metal and goth, or music that is linked to a non-mainstream subculture: hardstyle dance. Lower SCC levels remained linked to higher preferences for goth and heavy metal music even into young adulthood. This suggests that goth and heavy metal continue to hold significant importance for young people who struggle with clarifying their identity.","PeriodicalId":47977,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Music","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147586570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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‘It made me feel helpless because I couldn’t control anything’: Occupational stress and well-being experiences of conservatoire music students “这让我感到无助，因为我无法控制任何事情”：音乐学院学生的职业压力和幸福感经历

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1177/03057356261420181

Simone Willis, Mikel Mellick, Rich Neil, David Wasley

{"title":"‘It made me feel helpless because I couldn’t control anything’: Occupational stress and well-being experiences of conservatoire music students","authors":"Simone Willis, Mikel Mellick, Rich Neil, David Wasley","doi":"10.1177/03057356261420181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356261420181","url":null,"abstract":"Conservatoire music students experience a range of demands including performance, academic, and interpersonal demands. If not effectively managed, demands may lead to stress and negative well-being outcomes. This qualitative study explored conservatoire music students’ experiences of occupational stress and well-being, informed by a transactional stress theory. Six conservatoire music students were purposively selected to participate in semi-structured interviews. Participants discussed two stressful events: one perceived positively and a second perceived negatively. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was adopted and five themes developed: (a) Performance Demands; (b) Organisational Demands; (c) Relationship Demands; (d) Academic Demands; and (e) Multiple Demands. Participants commonly appraised demands as a threat. A smaller number of challenge or benefit appraisals were reported, with few harm or loss appraisals. Key underlying properties of stress appraisal were self and other comparison, preparation, and novelty. Participants highlighted the personal resources, psychological skills and problem-solving, and the organisational resource of social support to manage stressful experiences. Well-being outcomes related to stress appraisals. This study provides insight into the intra-individual processes related to occupational stress and well-being of conservatoire music students. Findings suggest interventions targeting the conservatoire culture and curriculum need exploring to create a positive learning culture and support students to cope with demands.","PeriodicalId":47977,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Music","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147536233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gaze behavior, attention allocation, and automaticity in expert chamber music coaches 室内乐专业教练的凝视行为、注意力分配和自动性

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-03-19 DOI: 10.1177/03057356251413254

Robin S Heinsen, Robert A Duke

{"title":"Gaze behavior, attention allocation, and automaticity in expert chamber music coaches","authors":"Robin S Heinsen, Robert A Duke","doi":"10.1177/03057356251413254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251413254","url":null,"abstract":"Two artist-level chamber music coaches wore eye-tracking glasses while teaching a chamber rehearsal, then participated in two interviews to discuss their teaching – first, immediately after the rehearsal, then approximately 2 weeks later, while watching their lesson videos and eye-tracking recordings. Teachers’ eye movements revealed rich networks of rapid information tracking and goal-directed attention, but both teachers struggled to articulate details of their thinking or their attention allocation, suggesting that they conceive of their teaching behaviors in a broad construal, and the complex attentional behaviors detected in their gaze behavior occurred unconsciously. This is among the first studies to explore attentional mechanisms that underlie expert music teaching in context, specifically analyzing teachers’ momentary attention allocation among several students in relation to specific proximal performance goals. Results illustrate how teachers solved intricate problems, decided what to pursue, and kept track of multiple students in ways that are inaccessible via overt behavior observation. Comparing gaze behavior to interview data suggests that these teachers’ descriptions of their thinking may be incomplete representations of their pedagogical expertise.","PeriodicalId":47977,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Music","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147478245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development and Validation of the Self-Regulated Learning in Music Practice Self-Report Scale (SRL-MP-SRS) 音乐实践中自我调节学习自我报告量表（SRL-MP-SRS）的研制与验证

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2026-02-08 DOI: 10.1177/03057356251410563

Akiho Suzuki, Anna Wolf, Jane Ginsborg

{"title":"Development and Validation of the Self-Regulated Learning in Music Practice Self-Report Scale (SRL-MP-SRS)","authors":"Akiho Suzuki, Anna Wolf, Jane Ginsborg","doi":"10.1177/03057356251410563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251410563","url":null,"abstract":"To practise effectively, musicians must engage in self-regulated learning (SRL) through a cyclical process of planning, execution, and reflection. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new questionnaire that measures SRL in the context of music practice. We generated an item pool by adapting items from existing scales and revising them based on feedback from an expert panel. This pool was administered to 290 musicians, randomly split into Subsamples A and B. Exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) was carried out on Subsample A to create the final Self-Regulated Learning in Music Practice Self-Report Scale (SRL-MP-SRS), which consisted of 27 items distributed across five subscales. ESEM of the final model on Subsample B demonstrated a good fit. Internal consistency was acceptable for both the global scale and each of the subscales. The SRL-MP-SRS scores correlated positively with self-efficacy and deliberate practice, while professional musicians scored higher on the SRL-MP-SRS than students. The SRL-MP-SRS provides a valid and reliable way to measure musicians’ self-regulated practice that can be utilised with large samples, although further studies are needed to investigate its validity and limitations further.","PeriodicalId":47977,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Music","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146138598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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