Rosa M. Maidhof
(Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria; The Stress of Life (SOLE) – Processes and Mechanisms Underlying Everyday Life Stress, University of Vienna, Austria)
Alexandra Wuttke-Linnemann
(University Medical Hospital Mainz, Germany; Center for Mental Health in Old Age, Landeskrankenhaus, Mainz, Germany)
Mattes B. Kappert
(Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Asklepios Clinic Bad Wildungen, Germany)
Andreas Schwerdtfeger
(Department of Health Psychology, University of Graz, Austria)
Gunter Kreutz
(Department of Music, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Urs M. Nater
(Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria; The Stress of Life (SOLE) – Processes and Mechanisms Underlying Everyday Life Stress, University of Vienna, Austria)
Objective: Music listening affects pain and stress. Music listening styles (MLS: music empathizers (ME) focus on emotional aspects of music, music systemizers (MS) on structural aspects) might affect pain and stress when listening to different music, depending on gender.
Method: 61 healthy male/female ME/MS (age: M=24.2, SD=3.89) listened to stimuli during a cold pressor test on 3 days (1 condition per day: researcher-selected or participant-selected music, sound of lapping water; random order). Pain intensity and tolerance, subjective stress, heart rate (HR), parameter RMSSD, salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) and cortisol (sCort) were repeatedly measured.
Results: Multilevel analyses showed sig. 4-way interactions (MLS, Gender, Condition, Time) for pain intensity (p=.001), subjective stress (p=.002), HR (p<.001), RMSSD (p=.01). Post-hoc tests revealed sig. differences for pain intensity and HR. The 4-way interactions were not sig. for sAA or sCort.
Conclusion: The study provides new insight into the role of MLS on pain and stress. The MLS can affect pain intensity and HR, depending on gender, and should be considered as a modulator for individualized pain and stress management.
Rosa M. Maidhof
(Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria; The Stress of Life (SOLE) – Processes and Mechanisms Underlying Everyday Life Stress, University of Vienna, Austria)
Alexandra Wuttke-Linnemann
(University Medical Hospital Mainz, Germany; Center for Mental Health in Old Age, Landeskrankenhaus, Mainz, Germany)
Mattes B. Kappert
(Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Asklepios Clinic Bad Wildungen, Germany)
Andreas Schwerdtfeger
(Department of Health Psychology, University of Graz, Austria)
Gunter Kreutz
(Department of Music, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Urs M. Nater
(Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria; The Stress of Life (SOLE) – Processes and Mechanisms Underlying Everyday Life Stress, University of Vienna, Austria)
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