Salamon Elliott, Bernstein Steven R, Kim Seung-A, Kim Minsun, Stefano George B
The Long Island Conservatory, 1125 Willis Avenue, Alberton, NY 11507, USA.
Med Sci Monit. 2003 Sep;9(9):CR396-9.
The use of music as a method of relieving anxiety has been studied extensively by researchers from varying disciplines. The abundance of these reports focused on which genre of music best aided in the relief of stress. Little work has been performed in the area of auditory preference in an attempt to ascertain whether an individual's preferred music type aids in their anxiety reduction at levels greater than music that they have little or no propensity for.
MATERIAL/METHODS: In the present report we seek to determine whether naive human subjects exposed to music of their preference show a decrease in anxiety, as measured by systolic and diastolic blood pressure values. We furthermore contrast these values to those obtained during non-preferred music listening.
We found statistically significant reduction of anxiety levels only when subjects were exposed to their preferred musical selections.
Students participating in the study already had knowledge of what genre of music would best relax them. It is our belief, that within the general population, many people do not have this self understanding. We conclude that music therapy may provide a mechanism for this self-understanding and subsequently help alleviate anxiety and stress.
不同学科的研究人员对将音乐作为缓解焦虑的一种方法进行了广泛研究。这些报告大量聚焦于哪种音乐类型最有助于缓解压力。在听觉偏好领域开展的工作很少，旨在确定个人偏爱的音乐类型在减轻焦虑方面的效果是否优于他们不太喜欢或几乎不感兴趣的音乐。
材料/方法：在本报告中，我们试图确定，以收缩压和舒张压值衡量，接触自己偏爱的音乐的未经过训练的人类受试者焦虑水平是否会降低。我们还将这些值与在聆听非偏好音乐期间获得的值进行对比。
我们发现，只有当受试者接触他们偏爱的音乐选段时，焦虑水平才会有统计学上的显著降低。
参与该研究的学生已经知道哪种音乐类型最能让他们放松。我们认为，在普通人群中，许多人并不具备这种自我认知。我们得出结论，音乐疗法可能为这种自我认知提供一种机制，并随后有助于减轻焦虑和压力。
