Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.124
INFLUENCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS UNDER STRESS
Abstract
The mental health of college students has become a major concern of the society. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to reveal the influence of classical music on the psychological state of college students under stress. A number of college students were selected from five universities in Beijing, China, and divided into three groups for a 2 month-long contrastive experiment. The first two groups were respectively exposed to two types of classical music, while the third group was taken as the control. Before and after the experiment, the electroencephalography (EEG) signals and psychological state of each subject were measured and evaluated, with the aid of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). The results show that different types of classical music have great differences in the improvement of the psychological state of college students under stress: the soothing classical music can effectively relieve the nervousness and promote the mental health, while the fast-paced classical music aggravates the nervousness and suppresses mental health. The research findings provide a reference for solving the mental health problems of college students.
Keywords
Classical Music, Stress, College Students, Psychological State.