Psychological effects of music on mental health
Keywords:
music, health, psychology, test-retest reliabilityAbstract
Music is a great psychotherapy which gives relief from stress. It develops the mind and boosts self-confidence. Music plays a more important role in our life as it has positive effect on our mental health. Here In this research, changing mood from negative to positive by using Psychology term Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) mood scale is implemented. PANAS questionnaire is used to take survey to create songs database. Test-retest reliability method is used. The Test-retest is conducted with the same group of participants after a gap of 1 month. The Test-retest correlation between the two sets of scores is evaluated. The correlation value for these data is around +0.93. Psychological effects on health are discussed.
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