Musemap
The Benefits of Music Music not only has a powerful emotional impact, it also contributes to health and well-being. Whether through listening, playing, or composing, music is a fundamental aspect of leisure for many, serving as both an expression of personal identity and a tool for managing difficult emotions. In addition, research has revealed the […]
Aims The aim of this study was to investigate how the quality of performances influences listeners’ music-evoked emotions. Specifically, the study examined the effects of performance variations at three levels of proficiency (plain, semiprofessional, professional) on liking and felt emotion. It also explored interactions between performance and listener attributes known to modulate musical emotion induction. […]
Aims The aim of this study was to comprehensively understand the role of listener attributes in the induction of musical emotions. Specifically, we investigated the relative influence of musical expertise, objectively assessed musical aptitude, the Big Five personality traits, and positive and negative mood on musical emotion induction. Methods A total of 113 participants, consisting […]
The emotional impact of music Music has the ability to express and evoke emotions that listeners can recognize and experience within themselves. Previous studies indicate that the primary reason for intentional music listening is often the emotional impact it provides. Whether it’s to enhance, reduce, or alter one’s mood, music holds the power to elicit […]
About the Project This project is a longitudinal study that was launched at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020 and ran for two years. Its aim is to take a closer look at romantic relationships during the pandemic, specifically to examine the trajectories of relationship and sexual satisfaction. Furthermore, we seek to identify […]
Everyday Life Changes due to the Pandemic Occupational Changes 71% of employed men and 79% of employed women reported that their job situation had changed as a result of the pandemic. Changes were primarily related to increased time in the home office (49% of women, 60% of men), fewer hours worked (27% of women, 36% […]
Trajectories of Relationship and Sexual Satisafaction Over Two Years in the Covid-19 Pandemic (Preprint) About the Preprint In the second article of our project Love in Times of Covid we aimed to extend the findings from our first and second article by covering the full period of the longitudinal studies, namely two years in the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction in the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic About the Article In the second article of our project Love in Times of Covid we aimed to extend the findings from our first article by covering the period of one year in the pandemic. Based on the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model (Karney & Bradbury, 1995), we investigated […]
Relationship Satisfaction in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic About the Article This first article of our project Love in Times of Covid aimed to explore which impacts the pandemic had on couples in its early stages (spring 2020). This included examining whether relationship satisfaction decreased at the onset of the pandemic, whether this was […]