Date
1-9-2024
Department
School of Music
Degree
Doctor of Music Education (DME)
Chair
Nathan Street
Keywords
music performance anxiety, anxiety disorder, music's effect on anxiety symptoms, mental health in music, benefits of instrumental performing art on mental health, the linear combination of instrumental music experience and improvement in musical performance anxiety, Music performance anxiety and its relationship to general anxiety improvement
Disciplines
Education | Music
Recommended Citation
Hatmaker, Staci Leigh, "The Effects of High School Instrumental Music Performance Anxiety on the Accelerated Recovery of Social Anxiety" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5158.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5158
Abstract
This quantitative correlational study aims to examine the challenges secondary students encounter in sustaining positive mental health and how the benefits of music performance anxiety in secondary school students can aid in the accelerated recovery of social anxiety. There is a present gap in the research exploring the benefits of situational anxiety on clinically diagnosed anxiety disorders and noting that this situational anxiety is a standard expectation and volunteered for when participating in performing arts environments. The objective is to understand the therapeutic benefits of micro-dosing the brain with music performance anxiety in a controlled environment and its potential uses in aiding students' mental resilience development. This quantitative study uses a correlational approach guided by the theoretical framework of Edward Thorndike’s learning theory of connectionism. This research aims to gain a comparative understanding of individuals that have consistent music performance anxiety within a controlled environment and how that can assist the brain in its ability to process the symptoms of an anxiety disorder efficiently. The study focuses on the research obtained from data collected in a survey administered to secondary school-aged students. The questions in the survey center on music performance anxiety and how that affects the students. Findings revealed by the research lead to rejecting the null hypothesis as there is evidence for instrumental music experience’s predictive nature and improvement in musical performance anxiety on general anxiety disorder.
