Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2016
Department 1
Management
Abstract
Here we offer a brief review of research on individual differences that are common to musicians, focusing on our own work on rumination and stress. Rumination and stress have been linked with depression and negative health outcomes. We discuss two of our published studies and two new, unpublished replications that find elevated levels of rumination and stress in musicians. Further, we review literature that finds this combination of rumination and stress might be especially toxic. Even though people frequently use music to help combat stress, musicians may not be taking advantage of their frequent exposure to music, further exacerbating the problem. Interventions aimed at alleviating stress and rumination might prove helpful to musicians.
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This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
DOI
10.1080/18125980.2016.1182385
Recommended Citation
Roy, Michael M., Joseph Radzevick, and Laura Getz. "The Manifestation of Stress and Rumination in Musicians." Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa 13, no. 1 (2016). pp. 100-112.
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version available from the publisher at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18125980.2016.1182385