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Lamont, AM and Hallett, RJ (2016) Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study. Media Psychology, 20 (4). pp. 658-684. ISSN 1532-785X
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Abstract
Although there is much research looking at music’s effects on sport and exercise performance, little is known about exercisers’ own application of music during workouts. An online questionnaire exploring its relationship with gender, formal music training, personality and 5K performance was completed by 282 regularly exercising participants (159 women, 116 men, 6 undisclosed, Mage =37.68, SD = 10.16). Women were more likely to use music during exercise than men (p = .011), and to synchronize to the beat (p = .002), and women’s preferences were spread over a range of pop, rock, and dance music, whereas men’s were focused on rock-related styles. Being open to new experiences was associated with preferring rock, metal, and indie music (p = .042) and those who intentionally synchronised their movements were more open to new experiences than non-synchronizers (p = .003), although a minority of participants synchronised intentionally. Most gym users listened to their own music in the gym rather than music played by the facility. These findings provide new insights into exercise music use, challenging assumptions that formal music training affects how music is applied in exercise, and that synchronization to the beat is the “norm” for exercisers listening to music.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Media Psychology, available online from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1247716 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | music and media, quantitative, sports and media, music and exercise |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2016 13:33 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2019 13:09 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2263 |