The role of music in adolescents' mood regulation

By S. Saarikallio, Jaakko Erkkilä. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology

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Music as emotional self-regulation throughout adulthood (2011, background): “…to age, research has shown that music is used for emotional self-regulation by adolescents (Behne, 1997; Laiho, 2004; North et al., 2000; Roe, 1985; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Wells & Hakanen, 1991), adults (DeNora, 1999; Greasley & Lamont, 2006), and the elderly alike (Davidson, Lange,…”
Emotions evoked by the sound of music: characterization, classification, and measurement. (2008, background): “Investigators have also shown that, in everyday life, music is predominantly used for mood and emotion regulation (e.g., Laukka, 2007; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Sloboda & O’Neil, 2001).”
Exploring engagement with music in everyday life using experience sampling methodology (2011, background): “…engage in music listening to fulfil self-actualizing needs (e.g., to help get through difficult times), emotional needs (e.g., to relieve stress) and social needs (e.g., to be popular with others) (North, Hargreaves, & O’Neill, 2000; Tarrant, North, & Hargreaves, 2000; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007).”
Mobile listening situations in everyday life: The use of MP3 players while travelling (2010, background): “Motivations for listening to specific pieces of music relate most frequently to mood regulation (e.g. Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007), and listeners are able to use music as a resource to regulate mood through a number of strategies, including entertainment, distraction, discharge and solace.”
Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study (2020, background): “Besides sad pieces, cheerful music (Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007) is regularly employed for distraction from unwanted thoughts, worries and stress (Stewart et al., 2019; Thomson et al., 2014; van Goethem & Sloboda, 2011).”
Emotional outcomes of regulation strategies used during personal music listening: A mobile experience sampling study (2014, methodology): “Furthermore, emotion regulation is one of the primary motivations for engaging in music (Arnett, 1995; Denora, 1999; Juslin & Laukka, 2004; Laiho, 2004; Laukka, 2007; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Sloboda et al., 2001; Tarrant, North, & Hargreaves, 2000).”
A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Literature Linking Music and Adolescent Mental Health (2016, background): “…who were involved in a variety of forms of musical engagement, including rapping (Baker & Homan, 2007), listening to music (North et al., 2000; Saarikallio & Erkkila, 2007; Tarrant, North, & Hargreaves, 2000), playing a musical instrument (Campbell, Connell, & Beegle, 2007; North et al.,…”
Listening to sad music in adverse situations: How music selection strategies relate to self-regulatory goals, listening effects, and mood enhancement (2015, background): “…sad Several recent studies provide evidence that people listen to sad music when experiencing sadness or adverse negative affective states (Hunter, Schellenberg, & Griffith, 2011; Matsumoto, 2002; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Schellenberg, Peretz, & Vieillard, 2008; Van den Tol, 2012, 2013).”
Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs (2012, background): “Listening to music has been found to be a mood-regulatory behavior (Saarikallio and Erkkilä, 2007), and several studies involving humans have found mood regulation and emotional management to be among the most important reasons for music consumption (North et al.”
From the functions of music to music preference (2009, methodology): “…evidence that the reasons why we prefer one type of music over another, or even like music at all, can be ascribed to the functions of music (Arnett, 1995; Behne, 1986, 1997; Juslin & Laukka, 2004; Larson, 1995; Lewis, 1992; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Schwarz & Fouts, 2003; Sloboda et al., 2001).”
Music listening, coping, peer affiliation and depression in adolescence (2009, methodology): “First, several popular songs contain lyrics about developmental issues important to adolescents (Schwartz & Fouts, 2003) and adolescents report identifying with song lyrics for solace and advice (Raviv et al., 1996; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007).”
Adaptive and maladaptive attraction to negative emotions in music (2013, background): “…term, listening to sad music may help to increase pleasure if it helps the listener to purge or process negative emotions or helps them to feel less alone in their experience of sad emotions (Levinson, 1990; Nabi, Finnerty, Domschke, & Hul, 2006; Saarikallio, 2011; Saarikallio & Erkkila, 2007).”
The role of music in adolescent development: much more than the same old song (2013, background): “Adolescents feel that music is a resource that can fulfil some of their emotional needs, notably for the purpose of emotion regulation (North et al., 2000; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007).”
Exploring a rationale for choosing to listen to sad music when feeling sad (2013, methodology): “In two focus-group interviews conducted with Finnish adolescents, one group of four 14-year-olds, and the other with four 17-year-olds, Saarikallio and Erkkilä (2007) found that these adolescents used a variety of music-related strategies to achieve self-regulatory sub-goals that were indirectly…”
Towards a holistic model of functions of music listening across cultures: A culturally decentred qualitative approach (2012, background): “The diversion function incorporates the simple enjoyment of music without connection to prior mood and emotions (Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Sloboda, 2005; Sloboda et al., 2001).”
How listening to music and engagement with other media provide a sense of belonging: An exploratory study of social surrogacy (2018, methodology): “Further, mood regulation is addressed in terms of solace (Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007).”
Emotional and motivational uses of music in sports and exercise: A questionnaire study among athletes (2013, methodology): “For example, studies using various methods like questionnaires (Juslin, Liljeström, Laukka, Västfjäll, & Lundqvist, 2011; Laukka, 2007; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007; Thayer, Newman, & McClain, 1994; Wells & Hakanen, 1991), diary and experience sampling studies (Juslin, Liljeström, Västfjäll,…”
The functions of music for affect regulation (2011, background): “These strategies show some alignment with the strategies identified by Saarikallio and Erkkilä (2007), and also some differences.”
Emotion regulation strategy mediates both positive and negative relationships between music uses and well-being (2014, background): “As demonstrated in previous studies (Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2007; DeNora, 1999; North et al., 2000; Saarikallio, 2011; Saarikallio & Erkkilä, 2007), music is often used for regulating emotions.”