Musicians' pursuit of expertise-related goals is characterised by strategic regulation of functional and counterproductive affect.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotion regulation is an important part of effective goal pursuit. Functional accounts of emotion regulation suggest that the attainment of challenging goals may be supported by regulating emotions which promote utilitarian over hedonic outcomes. When pursuing the challenging, long-term goal of acquiring expert musical skills and knowledge, musicians may wish to prioritise whichever emotions are most conducive to attaining this goal, even if those emotions are not necessarily positive.

Methods

Via an online questionnaire, musicians (N = 421) answered questions concerning their musical experience and their expertise-related practice goals. They also reported how strongly they experienced different emotions during practice, and how strongly they desired to ei

SUBMITTER: Breaden Madden G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408472 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature