The purpose of this study was to investigate the music appreciation activity and music preference among the middle school students in Daegu, and to identify whether there is a difference in the use of music as mood regulation strategy depending on the...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the music appreciation activity and music preference among the middle school students in Daegu, and to identify whether there is a difference in the use of music as mood regulation strategy depending on the presence and absence of depression among middle school students. Research questions on 1) what the music appreciation activity and music preference of the middle school students is, 2) what the music-based mood regulation of middle school students is, and 3) what effect a presence and absence of depression has on the music-based mood regulation among middle school students were formulated to meet the purpose of the study.
A total of 482 participants from first, second, and third grade levels of middle school students in Daegu completed Korean version of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale, questionnaire on music appreciation activity and music preference, and Korean-Music in Mood Regulation (K-MMR) scale, and the results were analyzed to examine the research question. The results were as follows. First, teenagers preferred ‘popular music’ among the music genres, and most of them were found to be using ‘streaming music application’ and ‘youtube’ as the means of listening to music.
Second, ‘acquiring pleasure’ and ‘relieving of tension and stress’ were said to be the main goals of listening to music, and it showed that the more depressed the students are, the longer the length of time of listening to music, and the more the experience of a change in mood while listening to music. Also, students with depression displayed lower level of utilization of music in healthy conduct.
Third, middle school students used ‘Revival’, a subscale in Korean-Music in Mood Regulation (K-MMR) scale, the most regardless of gender. Female students used music in all subscales more than male students. Particularly, statistically significant differences in ‘Entertainment’, ‘Revival’, ‘Solace’, and ‘Diversion’ subscales were found.
Fourth, middle school students with depression exhibited higher level on the use of music in all subscales of Korean-Music in Mood Regulation (K-MMR) than those without depression, and displayed statistically significant difference in all subscales except ‘Entertainment’. Moreover, a significant relationship between middle school students with depression and ‘Solace’ and ‘Discharge’ subscales of Korean-Music in Mood Regulation (K-MMR) was found.