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Title: Silent Illumination: A Study on Chan (Zen) Meditation, Anxiety, and Musical Performance Quality
Language: English
Authors: Lin, Peter, Chang, Joanne, Zemon, Vance
Source: Psychology of Music. 2008 36(2):139-155.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2008
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Control Groups, Context Effect, Metacognition, Music, Performance, Anxiety, Performance Based Assessment, Music Activities, Program Effectiveness, Relaxation Training
DOI: 10.1177/0305735607080840
ISSN: 0305-7356
Abstract: This study investigated the effects of Chan (Zen) meditation on musical performance anxiety and musical performance quality. Nineteen participants were recruited from music conservatories and randomly assigned to either an eight-week meditation group or a wait-list control group. After the intervention, all participants performed in a public concert. Outcome measures were performance anxiety and musical performance quality. Meditation practiced over a short term did not significantly improve musical performance quality. The control group demonstrated a significant decrease in performance quality with increases in performance anxiety. The meditation group demonstrated the opposite effect--a positive linear relation between performance quality and performance anxiety. This finding indicates that enhanced concentration and mindfulness (silent illumination), cultivated by Chan practice, might enable one to channel performance anxiety to improve musical performance. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
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Number of References: 33
Entry Date: 2009
Accession Number: EJ846862
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