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The pleasure evoked by sad music is mediated by feelings of being moved (2017)

Vuoskoski, J., & Eerola, T. (2017). The pleasure evoked by sad music is mediated by feelings of being moved. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 439. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00439

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Vuoskoski, Jonna
Eerola, Tuomas

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Vuoskoski, Jonna; Eerola, Tuomas

Lehti tai sarja: Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN: 1664-1078

eISSN: 1664-1078

Julkaisuvuosi: 2017

Volyymi: 8

Lehden numero: 0

Artikkelinumero: 439

Kustantaja: Frontiers Research Foundation

Kustannuspaikka: Lausanne

Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00439

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53318

Tiivistelmä

Why do we enjoy listening to music that makes us sad? This question has puzzled music psychologists for decades, but the paradox of “pleasurable sadness” remains to be solved. Recent findings from a study investigating the enjoyment of sad films suggest that the positive relationship between felt sadness and enjoyment might be explained by feelings of being moved (Hanich et al., 2014). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether feelings of being moved also mediated the enjoyment of sad music. In Experiment 1, 308 participants listened to five sad music excerpts and rated their liking and felt emotions. A multilevel mediation analysis revealed that the initial positive relationship between liking and felt sadness (r = 0.22) was fully mediated by feelings of being moved. Experiment 2 explored the interconnections of perceived sadness, beauty, and movingness in 27 short music excerpts that represented independently varying levels of sadness and beauty. Two multilevel mediation analyses were carried out to test competing hypotheses: (A) that movingness mediates the effect of perceived sadness on liking, or (B) that perceived beauty mediates the effect of sadness on liking. Stronger support was obtained for Hypothesis A. Our findings suggest that – similarly to the enjoyment of sad films – the aesthetic appreciation of sad music is mediated by being moved. We argue that felt sadness may contribute to the enjoyment of sad music by intensifying feelings of being moved.

YSO-asiasanat: musiikki; tunteet; kauneus

Vapaat asiasanat: sadness

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