This review covers research on attitudes and attitude change published between 2010 and
2017. We characterize this period as one of significant progress toward an understanding of …

Music is used to regulate mood and arousal in everyday life and to promote physical and
psychological health and well-being in clinical settings. However, scientific inquiry into the …

Why do people listen to music? Over the past several decades, scholars have proposed
numerous functions that listening to music might fulfill. However, different theoretical …

Since March 14, 2020, Spanish citizens have been confined to their homes due to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating in musical activities has been associated …

Are there developmental trends in how individuals experience and engage with music?
Data from 2 large cross-sectional studies involving more than a quarter of a million …

Research over the past decade has shown that various personality traits are communicated
through musical preferences. One limitation of that research is external validity, as most …

Advances in digital technology have put music libraries at people's fingertips, giving them
immediate access to more music than ever before. Here we overcome limitations of prior …

Research suggests that musical preferences are linked to personality, but this research has
been hindered by genre-based theories and methods. We address this limitation using a …

Music is a crucial element of everyday life. People spend hours listening to it and billions of
dollars buying it. Yet despite the pervasiveness of music, mainstream social‐personality …

The VIA Classification characterizes six culturally defined virtues as latent variables
underlying 24 character strengths. Factor analyses of measures based on the Classification …