Virtual Reality Exposure Training for Musicians: Its Effect on Performance Anxiety and Quality

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Bissonnette ◽  
Francis Dubé ◽  
Martin D Provencher ◽  
Maria T Moreno Sala
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Virtual Training ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
High Level ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

Music performance anxiety affects numerous musicians, with many of them reporting impairment of performance due to this problem. This exploratory study investigated the effects of virtual reality exposure training on students with music performance anxiety. Seventeen music students were randomly assigned to a control group (n=8) or a virtual training group (n=9). Participants were asked to play a musical piece by memory in two separate recitals within a 3-week interval. Anxiety was then measured with the Personal Report of Confidence as a Performer Scale and the S-Anxiety scale from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y). Between pre- and post-tests, the virtual training group took part in virtual reality exposure training consisting of six 1-hour long sessions of virtual exposure. The results indicate a significant decrease in performance anxiety for musicians in the treatment group for those with a high level of state anxiety, for those with a high level of trait anxiety, for women, and for musicians with high immersive tendencies. Finally, between the pre- and post-tests, we observed a significant increase in performance quality for the experimental group, but not for the control group.

scholarly journals Music performance anxiety: A clinical outcome study into the effects of cognitive hypnotherapy and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing in advanced pianists

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Brooker
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Implicit Processes ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety

Numerous investigations into music performance anxiety have focused on the conscious mind. However, little research has focused on implicit processes for alleviation of this condition. Cognitive hypnotherapy (CH) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), therapies which target implicit processes, were investigated in an intervention study with advanced pianists ( n = 46). Participants were of mixed gender aged 18–26 years (three over 30) and were randomly assigned to a therapy or control group. The therapy groups received two interventions of either CH or EMDR during a two-week period between two concerts. Quantitative data were collected through performance assessment, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a self-report questionnaire (SRQ). The SRQ and a log of performance experience also allowed for qualitative assessment. Results showed that both therapy groups (but not the control) experienced a significant reduction in state anxiety post therapy and a significant improvement in performance. Trait anxiety decreased significantly below baseline levels post intervention in the EMDR group. This is an important area for future research in music psychology and has broader implications in other fields.

Evolution of music performance anxiety and quality of performance during virtual reality exposure training

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Bissonnette ◽  
Francis Dubé ◽  
Martin D. Provencher ◽  
Maria T. Moreno Sala
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Evolution Of Music ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure

Music Performance Anxiety and Perceived Benefits of Musical Participation Among Older Adults in Community Bands

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-427
Author(s):  
Audrey-Kristel Barbeau ◽  
Roger Mantie
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Community Bands ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference

The purpose of the current study was to examine music performance anxiety and self-reported reasons for participation among members of older adult community bands. We asked 35 New Horizons Band members aged 65+ questions about their musical experience in face-to-face interviews, after which we administered two questionnaires: the Performance Anxiety Inventory for Musicians and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. We found a statistically significant difference in performance anxiety between participants suffering from trait anxiety (also called general anxiety) and those who did not. Utilizing the Novelty, Unpredictability, Threat to the Ego, and Sense of low control recipe (NUTS) for stress as a framework, we performed interview and questionnaire analyses that revealed that participants were concerned with issues associated with novelty, unpredictability, and lack of control in contexts of public performances (e.g., new pieces, lack of preparation, or challenging repertoire selected by the conductor). Participants perceived threats to their ego (such as feeling exposed, judged) as a major contributing factor of music performance anxiety. Participants reported the perceived benefits of musical involvement outweighed their negative (i.e., stressful) aspects.

Combined Treatment of Improvisation and Desensitization to Alleviate Music Performance Anxiety in Female College Pianists: A Pilot Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Youngshin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Female College ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Breathing Exercises ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Anxiety Response

This study examined the effect of a Music Therapy Improvisation and Desensitization Protocol (MTIDP) on ameliorating music performance anxiety of female college pianists. Six participants served as their own controls and participated in (1) a baseline assessment (pretest); (2) six weekly sessions that involved rhythmic breathing exercises, free improvisation, and desensitization exercises; and (3) a final evaluation (posttest). Measures of the Likert Anxiety Scale, Spielbergers State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Performance Anxiety Response Questionnaire were obtained before and after the series of MTIDP sessions. A Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test was computed to determine whether the data were significantly different from the pretest to the posttest. Results indicated that there were significant differences in the Likert Anxiety Scale and Spielbergers State Anxiety Inventory. No clear trends were found in the Trait Anxiety Inventory. Although not significant, the mean for the Performance Anxiety Response Questionnaire in the posttest (M = 78.50) was lower than it was in the pretest (M = 74.67).

Performance anxiety in adolescent musicians

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 624-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Thomas ◽  
Ted Nettelbeck
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
School Music ◽  
Coping Scale

Ninety secondary school music students (49 females, 41 males aged 12–18 years) from four Adelaide metropolitan schools with selective music programmes completed the Music Performance Anxiety Inventory for Adolescents (MPAI-A), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised Short Form, and Adolescent Coping Scale Short Form. Females reported significantly more music performance anxiety (MPA) than males. Trait anxiety and neuroticism were significantly positively correlated with MPA and extraversion was significantly negatively correlated with MPA. Unproductive coping strategies were significantly positively correlated with MPA, but no significant association was found between MPA and productive coping strategies. Hierarchical regression analysis found that, after controlling for intercorrelations among variables, trait anxiety was the strongest significant predictor of MPA. Correlations between MPA with neuroticism and with extraversion were significantly accounted for by trait anxiety. The MPAI-A may hold promise as a screening tool for the early identification of potential MPA.

Effects of Meditation on Music Performance Anxiety

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Joanne C Chang ◽  
Elizabeth Midlarsky ◽  
Peter Lin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
School Of Music ◽  
Meditation Group ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Manhattan School Of Music

This study investigated the effect of meditation on music performance anxiety. Participants were 19 students between the ages of 18 and 41 yrs, who were recruited from the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, Yale University School of Music, and State University of New York at Purchase. The experimental group received a series of eight meditation classes, and the control group received no meditation training. After the 8-week training period, all performed in a concert. Pretests and post-tests of music performance anxiety were given and post-tests of state anxiety and of performance concentration. Performance anxiety decreased among participants in the meditation group, in contrast to participants in the control group, whose performance anxiety did not decrease. Differences in regard to post-test state anxiety and performance concentration were not significant. An additional benefit of meditation was a reported increase in relaxation pleasure even in the period immediately before the performance. Results indicate that meditation may be a useful tool for aiding performers to combat performance anxiety.

Impact of a Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Program on Music Performance Anxiety in Secondary School Music Students: A Pilot Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 53-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Osborne ◽  
Dianna T. Kenny ◽  
John Cooksey
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Relaxation Training ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavioural Treatment ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural Treatment ◽  
Performance Quality ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural

This study assessed the effectiveness of a combined individual and group cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) program to reduce music performance anxiety (MPA) in adolescent musicians. Twenty-three adolescents with high MPA from a selective high school were randomly assigned to either a seven-session intervention program or a behaviour-exposure-only control group. The intervention consisted of psychoeducation, goal setting, cognitive restructuring, relaxation training and behavioural exposure in the form of two solo performances with audience. Outcome measures included self-reports of MPA, trait and state anxiety, diagnostic interview for social phobia, heart rate, frontalis EMG, and performance quality. Significant improvements in self-reported MPA were observed at posttest for adherent students only ( i.e., students who were actively engaged in the program and who adopted program techniques). Adherent students also had higher MPA at commencement. Non-adherent and behaviour-exposure-only students both showed reductions in MPA over the study period but not to the same degree as adherent students. There appeared to be no effect of CBT on performance quality.

scholarly journals ANSIEDADE NA PERFORMANCE MUSICAL DE MÚSICA DE CÂMARA: O EFEITO DO BIOFEEDBACK COMO MEDIDA INTERVENTIVA

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (36) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Samuel Barros ◽  
Helena Marinho ◽  
Anabela Pereira ◽  
Isabel Souto ◽  
Ana Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Psychological Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale ◽  
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

A ansiedade na performance musical (APM) é descrita como uma apreensão persistente que compromete as competências performativas, tanto em performances a solo como em grupo. Para além dos sintomas fisiológicos, como aumento do batimento cardíaco, hiperventilação, transpiração ou náusea, está associada a sintomas de natureza psicológica e cognitiva de impacto negativo na performance. Este trabalho pretende estudar a eficácia do treino de biofeedback em contexto de performance de música de câmara. Com um desenho do tipo quasi – experimental, foram selecionados 2 quartetos de trombonistas, sendo o quarteto (1) o grupo experimental e o quarteto (2) o grupo de controlo. Ambos realizaram apresentações públicas, antes e depois da intervenção. O quarteto (1) foi submetido a um programa de 8 sessões bissemanais de treino de biofeedback, no intuito de verificar a sua contribuição para diminuir os efeitos da APM. Na avaliação da eficácia da intervenção foram aplicados pré e pós intervenção os questionários State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI) e Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Os resultados sugerem que este tipo de intervenção se revela favorável no que diz respeito à diminuição dos níveis de APM em contexto de música de câmara. São referidas algumas implicações deste estudo para a redução da ansiedade de performance quer em contextos de formação e ensino da música quer em contextos de prática profissional.

The Effects of Music-assisted Coping Systematic Desensitization on Music Performance Anxiety

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Alan D Reitman
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Systematic Desensitization ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Music Performance Anxiety ◽  
Error Count

The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of music-assisted coping systematic desensitization on music performance anxiety. Eighteen musicians (19–45 years old; mean age = 26.66 years), ranging in experience from student to professional, with self-reported performance anxiety were randomly assigned to three groups: (1) verbal coping systematic desensitization; (2) music-assisted coping systematic desensitization; and (3) a wait-list control group. Subjects in the treatment groups received eight 75-minute group sessions of coping systematic desensitization. The treatment also included at-home relaxation practice, which made use of prerecorded relaxation scripts, with and without preferred music. All subjects participated in 5-minute pre- and post-treatment performances in front of three raters. Dependent measures included continuous monitoring of heart rate and frontalis surface electromyography (sEMG) during pre- and post-tests and during a 5-minute resting condition, the Spielberger State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Performance Anxiety Response Questionnaire, and the Music Performance Anxiety Questionnaire, administered pre- and post-treatment, and error count. Results indicated no significant differences between groups on physiological and self-report measures (p > 0.05). Error count was rendered invalid due to low interrater reliability. Self-report measures revealed within-group trends toward reduction in cognitive indices of anxiety for both treatment groups. Anxiety-related muscle tension (frontalis sEMG) also showed a within-group decline for the music-assisted treatment group. It was concluded that further research is warranted into the use of music-assisted cognitive– behavioral treatments for musicians.

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