The Influence of Music on Feelings

Yongshi Li; Xinyue Huang; Chengrui Zhang

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2025.HT27502

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The Influence of Music on Feelings

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The Influence of Music on Feelings

Yongshi Li ^1* Xinyue Huang ², Chengrui Zhang ³

¹ Sendelta International School

² Haidian Kaiwen Academy School

³ Nansha College Preparatory Academy

^*Corresponding author: 2319192545@qq.com

Published on 2 October 2025

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ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-405-2

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Abstract

Music has been regarded as an effective tool to alleviate emotions, but there are different variables in music with distinct styles and characteristics, which can bring people a variety of feelings, and the effect of relieving feelings is also different. This study selects one of the variables to explore the impact of music speed on alleviating people's negative feelings. In the study, the main method of the research is an experiment, which is conducted by an experimenter and a participant in a relatively quiet place offline. There were a total of 50 participants in this experiment, of which 25 listened to the low-speed music and 25 listened to the high-speed music. The participants filled out a questionnaire containing demographic information and their feelings about four different emotions before and after listening to music. After analyzing the two quantitative methods of T-Test and ANOVA, the conclusions are that music can effectively improve people’s three negative feelings of relaxation, irritation, and uneasiness, and the low-speed music is more relaxing than the high-speed music. In addition, age is not closely related to the degree of stress relief.

Keywords:

Music speed, Emotional relief, Questionnaire

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Li,Y.;Huang,X.;Zhang,C. (2025). The Influence of Music on Feelings. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,124,15-21.

Data availability

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

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ISSN: 2753-7048(Print) / 2753-7056(Online)

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