Personality traits in musicians with different types of music performance anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study investigated the relationship between personality traits and MPA in the course of a specific performance.

Methods

For this purpose, symptoms of MPA, functional coping with MPA and performance-related self-efficacy of a sample of 393 musicians including 23% professional, 49% non-professional orchestra musicians and 28% singers in amateur choirs were categorized and then used to analyze differences in the personality traits. The questionnaires used were the NEO-FFI and the PQM.

Results

The results showed that professional orchestra musicians had significantly higher openness and conscientiousness than non-professional orchestra musicians and amateur choir singers. Musicians who had few symptoms of MPA, positive coping with MPA and high self-effic

SUBMITTER: Spahn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11362056 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature