The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety

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The Sources of Self-Efficacy (2016, background): “Performance anxiety is especially common among instrumental musicians and can be debilitating (D. T. Kenny, 2011; McGrath, 2012; Wilson & Roland, 2002).”
The role of coping strategy and experience in predicting music performance anxiety (2014, methodology): “Social aspects of performance anxiety Fear of negative evaluation is considered a core component of MPA (Kenny, 2011).”
Symptoms of anxiety and depression among Norwegian musicians compared to the general workforce (2016, background): “Similarly, studies on mental health among musicians have also, for the most part, been performed within the classical genres and have typically investigated specific problems such as performance anxiety (Kenny, 2011; Kenny, Davis, & Oates, 2004; Langendörfer, Hodapp, Kreutz, & Bongard, 2006; van Kem”
Mathematics Anxiety: What Have We Learned in 60 Years? (2016, background): “Music students, and even successful musicians, often demonstrate music performance anxiety (Kenny, 2011).”