Finnish study on everyday music listening
With the help of a research app, a Finnish team wants to investigate how teenagers and young adults across Europe listen to music to regulate their emotions.
The «Music & Emotions» project is part of the study Musiconnect: Music and emotion regulation at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and investigates listening to music in everyday life and its connection to emotions and well-being. With the help of the cell phone app MuPsych musical, individual and situational factors that influence this phenomenon are identified. Data is being collected across Europe. The partner in Germany is the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM)
The study will run until the end of 2026 and the anonymized data will be used to publish a large international comparative study as well as detailed country-specific sub-studies. The first results will already be visible this year, including in a leading peer-reviewed journal, flanked by national sub-studies in relevant journals and at the Musiconnex Conference in Finland. The research project is supported by the European Research Council ERC and the Research Council of Finland.
We are still looking for participants. Spotify memberships will be raffled among them, and everyone will receive a personal music listening diary with curated music recommendations.
Access to the app: https://musicstudy.eu/de/
