Catalysts of music performance anxiety: a qualitative exploration of undergraduate students through the person-environment-occupation framework [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground While music performance anxiety is traditionally analyzed through individual psychological traits, there is a scarcity of research adopting holistic frameworks that integrate person, environment, and occupation dimensions.
Mustafa Cemali, Burcu Semin Akel
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Mindfulness and music performance anxiety among early- and mid-career musicians in transition: the mediating roles of emotional intelligence and perfectionism [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionMusic performance anxiety is prevalent among professional musicians and can undermine both wellbeing and performance. Musicians navigating the transition from advanced training to professional careers may be particularly vulnerable due to ...
Haixia Sun, Ziqing Xu, Huilin Wang
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Self-compassion and music performance anxiety: the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation and the moderating role of psychological resilience [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundMusic performance anxiety is common in high-pressure performance contexts and may relate to both performance quality and psychological well-being, yet empirical research in this field remains limited.
Lei Wang, Xiongying Li
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Virtual reality exposure training for music performance anxiety under pressure: a cross-cultural study of Chinese and Japanese music students [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyMusic performance anxiety (MPA) is prevalent among music students in high-pressure performance contexts. Virtual reality (VR)–based exposure training has been proposed as a potential intervention; however, its effectiveness across cultural contexts ...
Mingyi Zhang +5 more
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Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory: Contribution for the Portuguese Validation [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2022 (1) Background: The aim of the present study was to contribute to the validation of the Portuguese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI) and to study its psychometric properties.
Pedro Dias +5 more
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Evaluative threat as an internal dimension of music performance anxiety among Chinese university music students [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundMusic performance anxiety (MPA) is common among university music students. Although MPA has been viewed as multidimensional, the position of evaluative threat (ET) within its internal structure remains unclear in Chinese university music ...
Yang Yu, Yue Zhang, Wei Liu, Weiqi Liu
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Repeated stage exposure reduces music performance anxiety
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundHigh heart rate (HR) and restlessness are two important features of music performance anxiety (MPA). In a case report of a cellist suffering from this condition, we showed that HR and restlessness decreased after repeated live performances of ...
Victor Candia +4 more
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Validation of the Japanese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe Japanese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised (K-MPAI-R) has been developed but not yet been validated. This study aims to validate and certify the Japanese version of the K-MPAI-R.
Sakie Takagi +6 more
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Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education, 2019 Music performance anxiety (MPA) has been studied mainly within the field of psychology and has been defined as a sub-type of social anxiety. Musicians suffering from MPA are commonly referred to individual psychological treatment, but the condition is ...
Francisca Skoogh, Henrik Frisk
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Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2022 Music Performance Anxiety is a specific type of performance anxiety, impairing musical performers around the world. To explain this condition, a model composed of three different and integrated factors was proposed: a factor associated to concerns ...
Paolo Mancin +4 more
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