Title
The relationship between affect, uses of music, and music preferences in a sample of South African adolescents
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Psychology of Music
Publication Date
3-1-2012
Abstract
The current study examined the relationship between individual differences in uses of music (i.e. motives for listening to music), music preferences (for different genres), and positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), thus linking two areas of past research into a more comprehensive model. A sample of 193 South African adolescents (ages 12-17) completed measures of the above constructs and data were analyzed via correlations and structural equation modeling (SEM). Significant correlations between affect and uses of music were tested using SEM; a model whereby PA influenced background and cognitive uses of music, NA influenced emotional use of music, and higher uses of music led to increased preferences for music styles was supported. Future research for uses of music and music preferences are discussed.
Volume
40
Issue
2
First Page
164
Last Page
178
DOI
10.1177/0305735610381818
ISSN
03057356
E-ISSN
17413087
Recommended Citation
Getz, Laura M.; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Roy, Michael M.; and Devroop, Karendra, "The relationship between affect, uses of music, and music preferences in a sample of South African adolescents" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1241.
https://jayscholar.etown.edu/facpubharvest/1241
