Background: This scoping review analyzed research about how music activities may affect
participants' health and well-being. Primary outcomes were measures of health (including …

It is widely recognized among both scholars and lay people that music can influence
listeners in profound ways. Implicit in the recognition that music can affect listeners is that it …

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed" if you don't live it, it won't come out
of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz …

In Flourish, the positive psychologist Seligman identifies five commonly recognized factors
that are characteristic of human flourishing or well-being:(1)“positive emotion,”(2)“ …

Why is music so important to most of us? How does music help us both in our everyday lives,
and in the more specialist context of music therapy? This book suggests a new way of …

Regular physical activity has multifarious benefits for physical and mental health, and music
has been found to exert positive effects on physical activity. Summative literature reviews …

Music is one of the most universal ways of expression and communication for humankind
and is present in the everyday lives of people of all ages and from all cultures around the …

Music listening has been suggested to have short-term beneficial effects. The aim of this
study was to investigate the association and potential mediating mechanisms between …

This chapter examines the question of whether everyday music listening influences
internalizing psychopathology. First, it offers a conceptual framework arguing that music …

In “Flourish,” Martin Seligman maintained that the elements of well-being consist of “PERMA:
positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.” Although the …