Music performance anxiety from the challenge and threat perspective: psychophysiological and performance outcomes
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Autor:innen
Studer, Regina
Guyon, Amélie
Hildebrandt, Horst
Horsch, Antje
Nater, Urs
Gomez, Patrick
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
25.08.2020
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
BMC Psychology
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
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Jahrgang / Band
8
Ausgabe / Nummer
87
Seiten / Dauer
1-13
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
BioMed Central
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Although many musicians perceive music performance anxiety (MPA) as a significant problem,
studies about the psychobiological and performance-related concomitants of MPA are limited. Using the
biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat as theoretical framework, we aim to investigate whether musicians’
changes in their psychobiological responses and performance quality from a private to a public performance are
moderated by their general MPA level. According to the challenge and threat framework, individuals are in a threat
state when the perceived demands of a performance situation outweigh the perceived resources, whereas they are
in a challenge state when the perceived resources outweigh the perceived demands. The resources-demands
differential (resources minus demands) and the cardiovascular challenge-threat index (sum of cardiac output and
reverse scored total peripheral resistance) are the main indices of these states. We postulate that the relationship
between general MPA level and performance quality is mediated by these challenge and threat measures.
Methods: We will test 100 university music students reporting general MPA levels ranging from low to high. They
will perform privately (i.e., without audience) and publicly (i.e., with an audience) on two separate days in
counterbalanced order. During each performance session, we will record their cardiovascular and respiratory activity
and collect saliva samples and self-reported measures. Measures of primary interest are self-reported anxiety, the
resources-demands differential, the cardiovascular challenge-threat index, sigh rate, total respiratory variability,
partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide and the salivary biomarkers cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and
alpha-amylase. Both, the participants and anonymous experts will evaluate the performance quality from audio
recordings.
Discussion: The results of the planned project are expected to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding
of the psychobiology of MPA and of the processes that influence musicians’ individual reactions to performance
situations. We also anticipate the findings of this project to have important implications for the development and
implementation of theory-based interventions aimed at managing musicians’ anxiety and improving performance
quality. Thanks to the use of multimethod approaches incorporating psychobiology, it might be possible to better
assess the progress and success of interventions and ultimately improve musicians’ chance to have a successful
professional career.
Schlagwörter
Music performance anxiety, Biopsychosocial model, Challenge, Threat, Respiration, Cardiovascular activity, Salivary cortisol, Salivary dehydroepiandrosterone, Salivary alpha-amylase, Music performance quality
Fachgebiet (DDC)
100 - Philosophie und Psychologie
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ISBN
ISSN
2050-7283
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Lizenz
Zitation
STUDER, Regina, Amélie GUYON, Horst HILDEBRANDT, Antje HORSCH, Urs NATER und Patrick GOMEZ, 2020. Music performance anxiety from the challenge and threat perspective: psychophysiological and performance outcomes. BMC Psychology. 25 August 2020. Bd. 8, Nr. 87, S. 1–13. DOI 10.1186/s40359-020-00448-8. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-3642