Psychological Well-Being of (Non)Musicians: Contribution of Personality Traits and Functions of Music Listening
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of the research was to examine the contribution of personality traits and the functions of listening to music to the explanation of psychological well-being, and to determine whether the contribution of the functions of music to the explanation of the psychological well-being of musicians and nonmusicians differs. The research was conducted on a sample of a total of 876 participants, students of music academies and students of other study programmes from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. The following instruments were used in the research: a general data questionnaire, an emotional stability scale, an intellect scale, a shortened version of the psychological well- -being scale and a shortened version of the music listening function scale. The results showed that musicians and non- -musicians differ in personality traits (musicians scored higher on both traits) and in the functions of music listening, whereby non-musicians listen to music more for stress and affect regulation, while for musicians, awe and appreciation, strong emotional experience, and identity are more important functions of music. Personality traits were a strong predictor of psychological well-being in both subsamples, but in addition to them, the functions of music also showed a significant separate contribution to psychological well-being. The results led to the conclusion that the contribution of functions of music listening to psychological well-being does not differ significantly between musicians and non-musicians.
Source: Drustvena istrazivanja
DOI: 10.5559/di.34.3.04
Institution: University of Split
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415621983
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