The Influence of Musical Engagement on Distress Tolerance as Moderated by Engagement Strategies

Examines how musical engagement and engagement strategies interact to influence distress tolerance among college students.

Study Overview:

• Degree of music engagement
  • Active music engagement (e.g., playing a instrument, creation of music)
  • Passive music engagement (e.g., listening to music)
• Strategies for engaging in music involvement (based on the HUMS scale)
  • Healthy Music Usage (promotes emotional well-being by fostering positive emotions)
  • Unhealthy Music Usage (uses music maladaptive and intensifies negative emotions)
• Distress tolerance (DT) levels 

Purpose and Goals: 

• To determine active and passive music engagement effect on DT.
• To examine associations between unhealthy and healthy music engagement  and if it moderates the effect of active and passive music engagement on DT
• To identify patterns of music engagement that are most beneficial to strengthen college students tolerance for distress and encompassing emotions.