An Effect of Appreciating Music on Emotion : Follow Up of the Profile of Mood States Score Before and After Appreciating Music

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  • Takahashi Sachiko
    Tokai University Graduate Schools of Arts Course of Music
  • Yamamoto Kenji
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokai University School of Medicine
  • Matsuura Shinsuke
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokai University School of Medicine
  • Iga Tomiei
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokai University School of Medicine
  • Shimizu Tetsuo
    Tokai University Graduate Schools of Arts Course of Music
  • Shirakura Katsuyuki
    National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital

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  • 音楽聴取が情動に与える変化について : 音楽聴取前後のPOMSスコアの変化を中心として
  • オンガク チョウシュ ガ ジョウドウ ニ アタエル ヘンカ ニ ツイテ オンガク チョウシュ ゼンゴ ノ POMS スコア ノ ヘンカ オ チュウシン ト シテ

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It is well known that appreciating music has some effects on our feelings. We conducted an experiment in order to specify what kinds of effect appreciating music have on our emotion. The subjects of this experiment were 31 healthy female university students whose ages varied from 18 to 23 years old. These subjects were exposed to three different conditions. Under one condition, they were asked to rest without music. In the other two conditions, they were asked to rest while listening to two kinds of music, which were a piece of classical music (Ravel's "PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE") that was selected by an examiner and the music preferred by the subjects. All the music was selected in order to relax the subjects. The session made up of these three conditions was held three times on separate occasions. In each session, we asked them to relax on the body sonic device with their eyes closed. The results of the session were analyzed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS), which is a psychological test to measure emotional condition. As the result, a change in emotion was observed evidently after listening to music for a short time. Moreover, a consistent pattern was observed regardless of the genre of music. Our finding was that each factor of POMS suggested a homeostatic change as the tendency of emotional change due to appreciating music. Over all, we concluded that appreciating music could help keeping our mood in good conditions.

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