Psychology of Music
What Music Do People Use for Mood Regulation?
This study seeks to understand what music is used for music mood regulation (MMR). We question how audio features can characterise the music used for different MMR strategies and explore how participant background variables (musical sophistication, sensitivity to musical reward, empathy, and well-being) might predict the use of these strategies, and hence the kinds of music adopted for MMR. Participants ( N = 229) completed an online survey that produced a dataset composed of 5,334 tracks for MMR, their Spotify aud …