Sutani Shizuka, Akutsu Taichi
Faculty of Education, Shujitsu University, 1-6-1 Nishigawara, Okayama City 703-8516, Japan. Tel +81 (0)86-271-8111.
Med Probl Perform Art. 2019 Jun;34(2):63-71. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2019.2009.
This study investigated the life history of performance anxiety in Japanese orchestral players. Twenty-nine players in a Japanese orchestra completed the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) backstage immediately following a concert. Five players with the longest experience in the orchestra were selected for further data collection. Based on the results of the STAI, the researchers conducted semi-structured interviews to construct the life history of these 5 players in relation to their performance anxiety. In the process of narrative construction, a commentary from a psychiatrist was integrated to examine the underlying personality and ability to cope with the anxiety, as well as the contextual influences in the participants' life-long learning experiences. Results indicated that the anxiety was present throughout the players' musical development, from childhood and into professional status. However, their performance anxiety was reduced and transformed over time. The study also revealed that these 5 players tended to experience anxiety when playing with others and in large groups. The subjects tended to consider anxiety as a necessary psychological state-of-mind to maintain a professional level of performance and to deal with the uncertainty of group playing. Finally, the individual players found their own specific methods to reduce anxiety by focusing on musical expression and/or simply by gaining experience. Instead of generalizing the result, this study explored the life history of performance anxiety in this series of individual players in Japan.
本研究调查了日本管弦乐演奏者表演焦虑的生活史。一支日本管弦乐团的29名演奏者在一场音乐会结束后立即在后台完成了状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）。从该管弦乐团中挑选了5名经验最丰富的演奏者进行进一步的数据收集。基于STAI的结果，研究人员进行了半结构化访谈，以构建这5名演奏者与表演焦虑相关的生活史。在叙事构建过程中，融入了一位精神科医生的评论，以考察潜在的性格和应对焦虑的能力，以及参与者终身学习经历中的背景影响。结果表明，从童年到职业阶段，焦虑贯穿于演奏者的音乐发展过程。然而，他们的表演焦虑随着时间的推移而减轻并发生了转变。该研究还表明，这5名演奏者在与他人一起演奏以及在大型团体中演奏时往往会感到焦虑。这些受试者倾向于将焦虑视为维持专业表演水平和应对团体演奏不确定性的一种必要心理状态。最后，这些个体演奏者通过专注于音乐表达和/或仅仅通过积累经验找到了自己减少焦虑的具体方法。本研究并未对结果进行概括，而是探索了这一系列日本个体演奏者的表演焦虑生活史。
