Burns J, Labbé E, Williams K, McCall J
Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688, USA.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 1999 Sep;24(3):197-202. doi: 10.1023/a:1023488614364.
The effects of listening to different types of music on perceived and physiological indicators of relaxation were evaluated. Fifty-six undergraduate students, 24 males and 32 females, mean age of 21, were randomly assigned to listen to classical, hard rock, self-selected relaxing music, or no music. Participants' relaxation level, skin temperature, muscle tension and heart rate were evaluated before and after exposure to a music condition. Analyses of variance using baseline measures as covariates indicated that skin temperature decreased for all conditions (p = 0.001) and the classical, self-selected relaxing music and no music groups reported significant increases in feelings of relaxation (p = 0.004). These results partially support the hypothesis that classical and self-selected relaxing music can increase perceptions of relaxation to a greater degree than listening to hard rock music. However, no differences were found between different types of music on physiological indicators of arousal. Implications for using music to reduce stress were discussed.
研究评估了聆听不同类型音乐对放松的感知指标和生理指标的影响。56名本科生，24名男性和32名女性，平均年龄21岁，被随机分配去聆听古典音乐、硬摇滚、自选的放松音乐或不听音乐。在接触某种音乐条件之前和之后，对参与者的放松程度、皮肤温度、肌肉张力和心率进行了评估。以基线测量作为协变量的方差分析表明，所有条件下皮肤温度均下降（p = 0.001），古典音乐组、自选放松音乐组和无音乐组报告称放松感显著增加（p = 0.004）。这些结果部分支持了以下假设：与聆听硬摇滚音乐相比，古典音乐和自选放松音乐能在更大程度上提高放松感。然而，在不同类型音乐对唤醒生理指标的影响方面未发现差异。文中讨论了使用音乐减轻压力的意义。
