Date of Award
12-1988
Degree Name
Master of Music
Department
Music
First Advisor
Dr. James F. McCarthy
Second Advisor
Dr. Richard N. O'Hearn
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Performance Anxiety Management Training (PAMT) on levels of perceived self-efficacy, state anxiety, and performance quality of undergraduate musicians performing under stressful conditions. Nineteen undergraduate music majors were selected for this study. Ten received PAMT, and nine received no treatment. Subjects were tested immediately prior to a stressful evaluative performance jury on self-assessed measures of self-efficacy and state anxiety. Adjudicating music faculty determined subjects' level of performance quality. Analysis of variance revealed that subjects in the PAMT group had significantly higher scores on measures of self-efficacy, and significantly lower scores on measures of state anxiety. No significant difference was found between groups on measures of musical performance quality.
Recommended Citation
Mansberger, Nancy Barnes, "The Effects of Performance Anxiety Management Training on Musicians’ Self-Efficacy, State Anxiety and Musical Performance Quality" (1988). Masters Theses. 1205.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1205