Even though music is widely used as a source of solace, the question to how and why offers consolation remains largely unexplored. The aims present study are follows: (a) compare listening versus other self-soothing behaviors, (b) explore when means for (c) identify aspects that important providing (d) behavior while consoling music. Participants completed an internet survey distributed through websites Dutch National Radio 2 4 ( N = 445). consisted Geneva Emotion Music Scale (GEMS),...

This exploratory study was designed to determine the effects of background music different valence on perception tearful faces and other emotional expressions. Participants (154 men, age range 9–64 years, 208 women, 9–77 years) rated photographs crying, smiling, anger expressing yawning unique men women ( N = 12 each) following three dimensions: kindness, attractiveness pleasantness, while concurrently being exposed happy, angry, sad calm music, or a no-music condition. Mixed models analysis...

Emotional Eating (EE) is understood as a maladaptive self-regulation strategy to satisfy emotional needs instead of hunger. Consequently, EE has been associated with negative health consequences. Enjoyment food and music share similar neural activations in the brain are both used by people for regulating affect. This suggests that listening could potentially be healthier alternative EE. The present study was designed investigate associations between EE, disordered mood, music-related mood...

Human emotional weeping, or crying, occurs in response to a wide array of antecedents. Although music is often mentioned specifically as stimulus that may make individuals cry, few studies have systematically explored the characteristics these crying episodes. The present study examines over music. Participants ( N = 2778; 1716 women) completed survey asking about last time they cried while listening music, their associated emotions and physical experiences, details song were to, day,...

This study compared the characteristics of 150 songs (Dutch lyrics, N = 47, English 103), popular at Dutch funerals, to an equal number non-funeral songs. The variables explored included those linked with music (valence, energy, danceability, acousticness, key, and tempo); namely: linguistics-related (first-person singular/plural, second-person pronouns; past, present, future tense; expressed emotion (positive, negative words, discrete emotional categories anger, anxiety, sadness); category...

Music forms an integral and essential part of funeral rituals worldwide, but has to date received little systematic research attention. Recent investigations into music used in the Netherlands showed that it is lower tempo valence, less energetic, more acoustic than popular music. Funeral also often a major mode. The present study sought replicate these findings for Dutch (NL) sample expand upon previous knowledge by investigating audio features provided Spotify, namely: energy, tempo,...

Disciplinary background A. Emotion regulation researchEmotion describes measures taken to influence one's emotional state (Gross, 2002).Recent research not only investigates how people want regulate their emotions, but also why they wish do so (Tamir, 2016).Negative like sadness and anger, can be useful in specific situations, may the goal of mood 2016).Certain social rituals for example, ask experience or expression certain emotions facilitate participation, feeling connected with...