Adaptive and maladaptive attraction to negative emotions in music

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Current Emotion Research in Music Psychology (2015, background): “…(Ladinig & Schellenberg, 2012; Vuoskoski, Thompson, McIlwain, & Eerola, 2012) are particularly likely to enjoy sad sounding music, as are introverts (Ladinig & Schellenberg, 2012), and people who score high on a measure of “absorption” (Garrido & Schubert, 2011, 2013a; Kreutz et al., 2008).”
Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study (2020, background): “Likewise, emotional responses to “sad music” often include both unpleasant and pleasant emotions (Garrido & Schubert, 2013b; Kawakami et al., 2013; Miu & Balteş, 2012; Taruffi & Koelsch, 2014; Vuoskoski & Eerola, 2017).”
Listening to sad music in adverse situations: How music selection strategies relate to self-regulatory goals, listening effects, and mood enhancement (2015, background): “Recent research indicates that people’s ability to move on from sad thoughts is especially impaired among ruminators, whereas ruminators’ use of sad music is more maladaptive than that of other people (Garrido & Schubert, 2013).”
A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Literature Linking Music and Adolescent Mental Health (2016, background): “thinking patterns such as rumination may influence music choices and the outcomes to mental health from music listening (Garrido, 2009; Garrido & Schubert, 2011, 2013).”