Walworth Darcy DeLoach
The Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial Health Care, USA.
J Music Ther. 2003 Spring;40(1):2-14. doi: 10.1093/jmt/40.1.2.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of experimentally induced anxiety levels reached by subjects listening to no music (n = 30), subjects listening to music selected by the experimenter from the subject's preferred genre or artist listed as relaxing (n = 30), and subjects listening to a specific song they listed as relaxing (n = 30). Subjects consisted of 90 individuals, male and female, randomly assigned to one of the three groups mentioned above. Subjects in either music group filled out a questionnaire prior to participating in the study indicating their preference of music used for relaxation purposes. Subjects in Experimental Group 1 marked their preferred genres and/or artists, and Experimental Group 2 marked specific songs used for relaxation purposes. While the experimenter hypothesized subjects in Experimental Group 2 would show less anxiety than both the control group and Experimental Group 1, there were no significant differences found between the 2 music groups in anxiety levels reached. However, there was a statistically significant difference between the no music control group and both music groups in the anxiety level reached by subjects. Subjects listening to music, both songs chosen by the experimenter and subject selected songs, showed significantly less anxiety than subjects not listening to music.
不听音乐的受试者（n = 30）、听实验者从受试者列出的偏好流派或艺术家名单中挑选的被列为放松类音乐的受试者（n = 30），以及听他们自己列出的一首放松类特定歌曲的受试者（n = 30）。受试者由90名个体组成，男女皆有，随机分配到上述三组中的一组。任一音乐组的受试者在参与研究前填写了一份问卷，表明他们用于放松目的的音乐偏好。实验组1的受试者标记了他们偏好的流派和/或艺术家，实验组2的受试者标记了用于放松目的的特定歌曲。虽然实验者假设实验组2的受试者表现出的焦虑会低于对照组和实验组1，但在达到的焦虑水平上，两个音乐组之间未发现显著差异。然而，在受试者达到的焦虑水平上，无音乐对照组与两个音乐组之间存在统计学上的显著差异。听音乐的受试者，无论是实验者选择的歌曲还是受试者自己选择的歌曲，都比不听音乐的受试者表现出显著更低的焦虑。
