Social representation of “music” in young adults: a cross-cultural study

• Autor(a) principal: Manchaiah, Vinaya
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Zhao, Fei, Widén, Stephen, Auzenne, Jasmin, Beukes, Eldré W., Ahmadi, Tayebeh, Tomé, David, Mahadeva, Deepthi, Krishna, Rajalakshmi, Germundsson, Per
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/15027
• topic: Adolescent; Age Factors; Asia; Chi-Square Distribution; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cross-Sectional Studies; Europe; Habits; Health Behavior; Humans; Music; Perception; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Young Adult; Emotions; Models, Psychological; Social Behavior

Objective: This study was aimed to explore perceptions of and reactions to music in young adults (18–25 years) using the theory of social representations (TSR). Design: The study used a cross-sectional survey design and included participants from India, Iran, Portugal, USA and UK. Data were analysed using various qualitative and quantitative methods. Study sample: The study sample included 534 young adults. Results: The Chi-square analysis showed significant differences between the countries regarding the informants’ perception of music. The most positive connotations about music were found in the responses obtained from Iranian participants (82.2%), followed by Portuguese participants (80.6%), while the most negative connotations about music were found in the responses obtained from Indian participants (18.2%), followed by Iranian participants (7.3%). The participants’ responses fell into 19 main categories based on their meaning; however, not all categories were found in all five countries. The co-occurrence analysis results generally indicate that the category “positive emotions or actions” was the most frequent category occurring in all five countries. Conclusions: The results indicate that music is generally considered to bring positive emotions for people within these societies, although a small percentage of responses indicate some negative consequences of music.