Sex-specific Effects of Music Listening on Couples' Stress in Everyday Life.

ABSTRACT: Music listening in daily life is associated with stress-reducing effects on the individual with increasing effects when music listening occurs in a social context. As little is known about effects on couples, we investigated whether beneficial effects can be found in couples. Forty heterosexual couples were investigated using ambulatory assessment. Participants completed six assessments on music listening and subjective stress per day for five consecutive days. With each assessment, saliva samples for the later analysis of cortisol and alpha-amylase were collected. Music listening affected biopsychological stress markers in women and men, however in different ways: While music listening reduced cortisol in women, it increased alpha-amylase in men. Dyadic effects of music listening on stres

SUBMITTER: Wuttke-Linnemann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6424968 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature