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Publication Date: 2018-Jul
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Relationships among Meditation, Perfectionism, Mindfulness, and Performance Anxiety among Collegiate Music Students
Diaz, Frank M.
Journal of Research in Music Education, v66 n2 p150-167 Jul 2018
I examined the use of meditation practices among collegiate-level musicians (N = 255), along with the degree to which these practices contributed to music performance anxiety (MPA) when controlling for trait perfectionism and trait mindfulness. Findings indicated that approximately 48% of the participants sampled had engaged in meditation during the past 6 months and that, holding mindfulness and perfectionist traits constant, participants who meditated at least weekly tended to report less MPA. Additionally, higher trait mindfulness predicted lower performance anxiety, whereas higher self-oriented as well as socially prescribed perfectionism predicted higher MPA scores. The type of meditation participants engaged in did not seem to significantly affect performance anxiety.
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, College Students, Performance, Anxiety, Metacognition, Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Scores, Prediction, Multivariate Analysis, Relaxation Training, Multiple Regression Analysis, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale
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