The effect of music-induced mood on aggressive affect, cognition, and behavior
- Two studies explored the role of pleasant music in buffering the adverse effects of provocation. In the first study, 111 participants listened to aversive, pleasant, or no music before receiving a provocation and completing a measure of aggressive behavior. Participants exposed to pleasant music reported more positive mood. Those in the aversive music condition reported more negative mood than did those in the no-music control condition. The more positive the music-induced mood, the less anger was experienced and aggressive behavior was shown after provocation. In Study 2 (N = 142), listening to pleasant music reduced anger following provocation, compared to aversive music and a no-music control condition. Pleasant music also increased response latencies in recognizing aggressive words after provocation.
Author details: | Barbara KrahéORCiDGND, Steffen Bieneck |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00887.x |
ISSN: | 0021-9029 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of applied social psychology : devoted to applications of experimental behavioral science research to problems of society |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2012 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 2 |
Number of pages: | 20 |
First page: | 271 |
Last Page: | 290 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |