Emotion regulation strategy mediates both positive and negative relationships between music uses and well-being

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If you’re happy and you know it: Music engagement and subjective wellbeing (2017, background): “Perhaps most importantly, engagement with music is often associated with emotion regulation, with people turning to music as a strategy to help manage and regulate their mood (Chin & Rickard, 2014; Juslin & Laukka, 2004; Sloboda & O’Neill, 2001; van Goethem & Sloboda, 2011).”
Emotional outcomes of regulation strategies used during personal music listening: A mobile experience sampling study (2014, methodology): “Recent research has also demonstrated that these associations between music listening and mental health are at least partially mediated by emotion regulation (Chin & Rickard, 2013; Thoma, Scholz, Ehlert, & Nater, 2012).”
Young people's uses of music for well-being (2015, background): “Chin and Rickard (2013) examined the potential well-being benefits of music listening in a community sample of 637 adults (aged 20–58 years).”