Krause, Amanda, and Riebolge, Sara (2025) How everyday music listening can impact perceived social connection. In: [Presented at the World Congress on Positive Psychology]. 557. From: IPPA 2025: World Congress on Positive Psychology, 2-5 July 2025, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

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Research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a marked increase in loneliness and social disconnection among university students. Listening to music can create feelings of social connection during periods of isolation. However, it is unclear how contextual details of everyday listening, such as the location and presence of other people, impact music listening’s ability to foster feelings of social connection. Therefore, this study used experience sampling methodology (ESM) to investigate factors underpinning how music listening can create social connection. Participants (N = 59 to date) were asked to install a mobile-ESM application, MuPsych, on their phone. For two weeks, when an individual played music, they were prompted to complete a short survey (at 0, 5, and 20 minutes into their listening). These surveys asked participants about their listening goals, mood, well-being, to rate how much the liked the music and how much control they had over the music, and to describe the context (e.g., number of people listening, location). Data collection is underway. Findings will offer insights into the impact of music listening on emotional well-being and social connectedness with implications concerning programs, strategies, and recommendations for tackling social disconnection in the post-pandemic recovery period.

Item ID:	86461
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
Keywords:	music psychology, psychology of music, social and applied psychology of music, health, well-being, music listening, ESM, experience sampling, loneliness, social connection,
Related URLs:	https://ippaworldcongress.org/
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2025 01:35
FoR Codes:	36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3603 Music > 360301 Music cognition @ 40% 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5205 Social and personality psychology > 520505 Social psychology @ 60%
SEO Codes:	13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1301 Arts > 130102 Music @ 40% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 60%
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