Smith J L, Noon J
Maudsley Hospital, London, UK.
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 1998 Oct;5(5):403-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.00148.x.
A myriad of previous studies from a variety of disciplines has shown several effects of music on mind and body. This study investigated the relationship between different categories of contemporary music (n = 6) and the mood states of a group of students (n = 12), using the Profile of Mood States (POMS), to measure mood before and after exposure to these different pieces of music. When analysed together, all six pieces of music produced an overall change in mood (P = 0.008) as measured by 2-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). When each category was examined individually, four categories of music produced highly significant changes in mood: the tense category (score -4.0 +/- 1.8 POMS Units; P < 0.001); depressed category (+0.5 +/- 0.2; P < 0.001); angry category (+0.9 +/- 1.6; P < 0.03); and the all moods category (1.6 +/- 0.3; P < 0.04). One piece of dance music produced changes in all mood categories, giving the largest positive mean mood change. By contrast, the popular/independent music, associated with the tense category, produced the largest negative mean mood change. The five POMS mood states were analysed separately for each piece of music. These findings are consistent with previous work. In addition, the finding of the effects of specific music categories on mood may have important implications for therapy in mental health and mental health nursing.
来自各个学科的大量先前研究表明，音乐对身心有多种影响。本研究使用情绪状态剖面图（POMS），调查了六类当代音乐与一组学生（n = 12）的情绪状态之间的关系，以测量在接触这些不同音乐片段前后的情绪。通过双向重复测量方差分析（ANOVA）进行分析时，所有六首音乐在情绪方面都产生了总体变化（P = 0.008）。当对每一类音乐单独进行检查时，四类音乐在情绪上产生了高度显著的变化：紧张类（得分 -4.0 +/- 1.8个POMS单位；P < 0.001）；抑郁类（+0.5 +/- 0.2；P < 0.001）；愤怒类（+0.9 +/- 1.6；P < 0.03）；以及综合情绪类（1.6 +/- 0.3；P < 0.04）。一首舞曲在所有情绪类别中都产生了变化，带来了最大的正向平均情绪变化。相比之下，与紧张类相关的流行/独立音乐产生了最大的负向平均情绪变化。对每首音乐分别分析了POMS的五种情绪状态。这些发现与先前的研究一致。此外，特定音乐类别对情绪影响的这一发现可能对心理健康治疗和精神科护理具有重要意义。
