Abstracts
Abstract
Research has shown that music performance anxiety (mpa) is experienced by individuals of all ages and skill levels. Due to the need for effective management of performance anxiety in musicians, researchers have begun to investigate the viability of mindfulness, which has been proven as an effective treatment in populations with generalized anxiety. This study assessed the effects of a two-week mindfulness intervention on musicians before and after a performance, using the State component of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (stai) and the Revised Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (kmpai-r). Results from this study suggest that mindfulness has a significantly positive effect on state anxiety in music performance, and that a two-week mindfulness training intervention model should be investigated further as a potential intervention to reduce mpa.
Keywords:
- anxiety,
- mindfulness,
- music,
- performance,
- questionnaire
Résumé
La recherche a montré que l’anxiété liée aux performances musicales (apm) est ressentie par des individus de tous les groupes d’âge et de tous les niveaux de compétence. En raison de la nécessité d’une gestion efficace de l’anxiété de performance chez les musicien·ne·s, les chercheur·euse·s ont commencé à étudier la viabilité de la pleine conscience. Cette approche s’est avérée être un traitement efficace chez les populations souffrant d’anxiété généralisée. Notre étude a évalué les effets d’une intervention de pleine conscience de deux semaines sur des musicien·ne·s, avant et après une performance, en utilisant les mesures du State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (stai) et le Revised Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (kmpai-r). Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent que la pleine conscience a un effet positif significatif sur l’anxiété de la performance musicale, et qu’un modèle d’intervention de formation à la pleine conscience de deux semaines devrait être étudié plus avant comme une intervention potentielle pour réduire l’amp.
Mots-clés :
- anxiété,
- musique,
- performance,
- pleine conscience,
- questionnaire
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