Emotional response to music as measured by the two-dimensional CRDI

Journal/Book: J Music Therapy. 1997; 34: 8455 Colesville Rd, Ste 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Natl Assoc Music Therapy Inc. 187-199.

Abstract: This study compared emotional responses to an excerpt from Puccini's La Boheme using a two-dimensional CRDI. The two-dimensional CRDI provides the possibility of using a computer screen via a mouse to indicate the interrelationship of two dimensions simultaneously. In the present investigation, 48 subjects were presented with two dimensions in order to assess perception of arousal, i.e., relaxing-exciting in relationship to affect, i.e., ugly-beautiful. Visual and temporal analyses of this 20-minute selection indicated that there is not a consequential difference between subjects' responses to the ugly-beautiful dimension throughout the excerpt that appears substantially different from previous aesthetic responses using this same excerpt. Furthermore, subjects' arousal responses (i.e., exciting vs. Relaxing does not replicate the ugly-beautiful dimension and, therefore, adds important new information to overall analysis of emotional response to music. Responses to the exciting-relaxing dimension represent degrees of arousal that suggest one needs to be somewhat aroused in order to have an affective response. More importantly, the subtle relationships between arousal and affect provide important information for the music therapist.

Note: Article Madsen CK, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee,FL 32306 USA

Keyword(s): EXPERIENCE

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