Predicting Different Dimensions of Music Performance Anxiety in Young Adolescents: The Role of Gender, Psychological Vulnerability, and Music Self-efficacy

Pedro Dias; Lurdes Veríssimo; Inês Silva

doi:10.5216/mh.v25.81633

Authors

Pedro Dias University of the Azores, Department of Psychology, Ponta Delgada, Portugal pedro.mb.dias@uac.pt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1936-5363
Lurdes Veríssimo Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6725-4043
Inês Silva Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Porto, Portugal, infesilva@ucp.pt https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2081-9605

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v25.81633

Keywords:

Music Performance Anxiety; Adolescents; MPAI-A; CFA; Predictors

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine sociodemographic, music-related, and psychological predictors of music performance anxiety (MPA) in a group of 145 adolescent music students. The study also aimed to confirm the bifactorial structure of the Portuguese version of the MPAI-A. Results from the CFA showed an appropriate fit of the bi-dimensional organization of MPA into two dimensions: cognitive-somatic and performance. The results showed that each dimension of MPA was predicted by different variables: cognitive-somatic MPA was predicted by gender (female), higher levels of emotional and behavioural problems, and lower levels of music self-efficacy; performance MPA was predicted by lower levels of music self-efficacy. Results highlight the importance of mental health and motivational cognitions, particularly the role of emotional and behavioural problems and self-efficacy on MPA.

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Author Biographies

Pedro Dias, University of the Azores, Department of Psychology, Ponta Delgada, Portugal pedro.mb.dias@uac.pt

Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of the Azores (Portugal) and an integrated researcher at the Research Centre for Human Development (at UCP). Pedro has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and develops research on clinical assessment and intervention, mental health literacy, developmental psychopathology, and music performance anxiety.

Lurdes Veríssimo, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Porto, Portugal

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) and an integrated researcher at the Research Centre for Human Development (at UCP). Lurdes has a PhD in Educational Psychology and develops research on psychoeducational intervention, socioemotional skills, and music performance anxiety.

Inês Silva, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Porto, Portugal, infesilva@ucp.pt

Clinical Psychologist of children and adolescents and a research assistant at the Research Center for Human Development (at UCP). Inês has a master’s degree in Clinical and Health Psychology and develops research on music performance anxiety. Additionally, she has worked in a private clinic, providing both individual and group therapy