Krause, Amanda E., McKenzie, Sabrina, Glasser, Solange, and Osborne, Margaret (2025) The Impact of COVID-19 on the Perceived Value of Music Listening. Music & Science, 8.

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Abstract

This study considers if, and how, the value people place in music listening changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, by comparing findings with pre-COVID data. A sample of 296 Australian university students (Mage = 19.32) completed an online survey in which they provided a short response to an open-ended question, “has the value you place in music listening changed during the pandemic? If so, how?” Of the 67.20% of respondents who indicated that their perceived value of music listening had changed, 99.50% expressed that the value had increased. A thematic analysis resulted in seven themes characterizing how people's value in listening had increased: emotion regulation, exploration, social connection, uses, listening more, self-connection, and reliance. Relative to pre-COVID value themes, emotion regulation remained the most frequently endorsed value. In the COVID context, many more people highlighted music's ability to combat loneliness, promote social connection, and provide solace, comfort, and companionship during difficult times. Our findings highlight that people's perception of the value of music is malleable and influenced by context. Future research will reveal whether the increased value of music listening seen in the present study is long-lasting.

Item ID:	84935
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2059-2043
Keywords:	COVID-19, engagement, everyday music listening, uses & gratifications, value, music psychology, psychology of music, social and applied psychology, music listening, music practices,
Copyright Information:	Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2025 00:02
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5205 Social and personality psychology > 520505 Social psychology @ 80% 36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3603 Music > 360301 Music cognition @ 20%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 70% 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1301 Arts > 130102 Music @ 30%
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