TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of music on affect during anger inducing drives
AU - Van Der Zwaag, Marjolein D.
AU - Fairclough, Stephen
AU - Spiridon, Elena
AU - Westerink, Joyce H.D.M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Driver anger could be potentially harmful for road safety and long-term health. Because of its mood inducing properties, music is assumed to be a potential medium that could prevent anger induction during driving. In the current study the influence of music on anger, mood, skin conductance, and systolic blood pressure was investigated during anger inducing scenarios in a driving simulator. 100 participants were split into five groups: four listened to different types of music (high / low energy in combination with both positive / negative valence) or a no music control. Results showed that anger induction was highest during high energy negative music compared to positive music irrespective of energy level. Systolic blood pressure and skin conductance levels were higher during high energy negative music and no music compared to low energy music. Music was demonstrated to mediate the state of anger and therefore can have positive health benefits in the long run.
AB - Driver anger could be potentially harmful for road safety and long-term health. Because of its mood inducing properties, music is assumed to be a potential medium that could prevent anger induction during driving. In the current study the influence of music on anger, mood, skin conductance, and systolic blood pressure was investigated during anger inducing scenarios in a driving simulator. 100 participants were split into five groups: four listened to different types of music (high / low energy in combination with both positive / negative valence) or a no music control. Results showed that anger induction was highest during high energy negative music compared to positive music irrespective of energy level. Systolic blood pressure and skin conductance levels were higher during high energy negative music and no music compared to low energy music. Music was demonstrated to mediate the state of anger and therefore can have positive health benefits in the long run.
KW - Anger
KW - blood pressure
KW - mood
KW - music
KW - simulated drive
KW - skin conductance
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-24600-5_44
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-24600-5_44
M3 - Conference proceeding (ISBN)
AN - SCOPUS:80054834813
SN - 9783642245992
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 407
EP - 416
BT - Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction - 4th International Conference, ACII 2011, Proceedings
T2 - 4th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2011
Y2 - 9 October 2011 through 12 October 2011
ER -