Stern Judith R S, Khalsa Sat Bir S, Hofmann Stefan G
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215-2002, USA.
Med Probl Perform Art. 2012 Sep;27(3):123-8.
Music performance anxiety can adversely affect musicians. There is a need for additional treatment strategies, especially those that might be more acceptable to musicians than existing therapies. This pilot study examined the effectiveness of a 9-week yoga practice on reducing music performance anxiety in undergraduate and graduate music conservatory students, including both vocalists and instrumentalists. The intervention consisted of fourteen 60-minute yoga classes approximately twice a week and a brief daily home practice. Of the 24 students enrolled in the study, 17 attended the post-intervention assessment. Participants who completed the measures at both pre- and post-intervention assessments showed large decreases in music performance anxiety as well as in trait anxiety. Improvements were sustained at 7- to 14-month follow-up. Participants generally provided positive comments about the program and its benefits. This study suggests that yoga is a promising intervention for music performance anxiety in conservatory students and therefore warrants further research.
音乐表演焦虑会对音乐家产生不利影响。需要更多的治疗策略，尤其是那些可能比现有疗法更易被音乐家接受的策略。这项试点研究考察了为期9周的瑜伽练习对减轻本科和研究生音乐学院学生（包括声乐家和器乐演奏家）音乐表演焦虑的效果。干预措施包括大约每周两次、每次60分钟的14节瑜伽课程以及简短的每日家庭练习。在参与该研究的24名学生中，17名参加了干预后的评估。在干预前后评估中均完成测量的参与者在音乐表演焦虑以及特质焦虑方面均有大幅下降。在7至14个月的随访中，改善情况得以维持。参与者总体上对该项目及其益处给予了积极评价。这项研究表明，瑜伽对于音乐学院学生的音乐表演焦虑是一种有前景的干预措施，因此值得进一步研究。
