All Outputs (24)

Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood (2022)
Journal Article
Lamont, A., & Crich, J. (2022). Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(1), 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme_00073_1

While much is known about the influence of peers and parents in developing musical memories and preferences, the wider family context has not yet been considered. We present novel empirical evidence from surveys (N = 100) with young adults and interv... Read More about Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.

No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being (2022)
Book Chapter
Wright-Bevans, K., & Lamont, A. (2022). No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being. In The Oxford Handbook of the Positive Humanities (278-285). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064570.013.24

This chapter explores the specific role of the arts and humanities in developing well-being through community and social support. The authors review research evidence from the arts (music, drama, dance, art, crafts) and humanities (history, literatur... Read More about No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being.

Making a Difference with Music Psychology Research: Strategy, Serendipity, and Surviving a Global Pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2021). Making a Difference with Music Psychology Research: Strategy, Serendipity, and Surviving a Global Pandemic. Music & Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043211050018

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced researchers around the globe in every discipline imaginable into a position, where they have to provide justification for the relevance of their work. This represents a sharp acceleration in an underlying trend towar... Read More about Making a Difference with Music Psychology Research: Strategy, Serendipity, and Surviving a Global Pandemic.

Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption (2021)
Journal Article
Melia, C., Kent, A., Meredith, J., & Lamont, A. (2021). Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 107057 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107057

UK society has a complex relationship with alcohol; it is ever-present within social activities, yet alcohol problems are heavily stigmatised. As such, the nuance of acceptability is a key focus for understanding societal perceptions and understandin... Read More about Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption.

Watching television in a home environment: effects on children's attention, problem solving and comprehension (2021)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2021). Watching television in a home environment: effects on children's attention, problem solving and comprehension. Media Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.1901744

Correlational studies have suggested some harmful effects of television viewing in early childhood, especially for the viewing of fast-paced entertainment programs. However, this has not been consistently supported by experimental studies, many of wh... Read More about Watching television in a home environment: effects on children's attention, problem solving and comprehension.

Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing (2020)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2020). Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1303-1322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09734-z

Previous research suggests that engaging in creative and meaningful leisure activities enhances mental health, wellbeing and quality of life. However, studies often explore specific creative activities in isolation. We compared happiness and wellbein... Read More about Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing.

Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development (2020)
Journal Article
Wright Bevans, K., Murray, M., & Lamont, A. (2020). Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3228

Intergenerational practice (IP) is an approach within community health promotion which aims to bring older and younger community members together in collaborative activity. Little research has critically examined the assumptions and values within IP... Read More about Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development.

Moving towards music: Viewing early years musical engagement through the lenses of movement, interaction, motivation, agency, identity and context (2020)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2020). Moving towards music: Viewing early years musical engagement through the lenses of movement, interaction, motivation, agency, identity and context. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijmec_00010_1

This article provides a broad overview of the theoretical approaches underpinning our understanding of early musical development, and considers how this sets the foundation for later development across the lifespan. Through a review of research evide... Read More about Moving towards music: Viewing early years musical engagement through the lenses of movement, interaction, motivation, agency, identity and context.

Do the shuffle: Exploring reasons for music listening through shuffled play (2020)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2020). Do the shuffle: Exploring reasons for music listening through shuffled play. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228457

Adults listen to music for an average of 18 hours a week (with some people reaching more than double that). With rapidly changing technology, music collections have become overwhelmingly digital ushering in changes in listening habits, especially whe... Read More about Do the shuffle: Exploring reasons for music listening through shuffled play.

A New Framework for Understanding Memories and Preference for Music (2020)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2020). A New Framework for Understanding Memories and Preference for Music. Music & Science, 205920432094831 - 205920432094831. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204320948315

What can musical memories tell us about preference, and what can musical preferences tell us about memory? In this article we contrast the two perspectives using a dialogic conversation, drawing on insights brought into relief at the recent Music an... Read More about A New Framework for Understanding Memories and Preference for Music.

An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being (2019)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2019). An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being. Music & Science, 205920431986171 - 205920431986171. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204319861719

Research on choirs and other forms of group singing has been conducted for several decades and there has been a recent focus on the potential health and well-being benefits, particularly in amateur singers. Experimental, quantitative, and qualitativ... Read More about An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being.

Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir (2018)
Journal Article
Lamont, A., Murray, M., Hale, R., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2018). Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir. Psychology of Music, 46(3), 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735617715514

Previous research has highlighted the individual and social benefits of participation in arts activities for physical, psychological and social well-being. However, less is known about the transformative community aspects of the arts and very few stu... Read More about Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir.

Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments (2017)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Lamont, A., & Murray, M. (2017). Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments. Psychology and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1375496

Objective: There is increasing evidence of both health and appearance risks associated with sunbed use. At the same time, the sunbed industry promotes the benefits of using sunbeds, and the image of a tanned skin as attractive and healthy arguably re... Read More about Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments.

Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy. Psychology of Music, 459-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/30575617710322

Much research in music psychology characterizes the music background of its participants in a dichotomous manner, labeling participants as “musicians” and “non-musicians” or professionals and non-professionals. However, this terminology is inconsiste... Read More about Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy.

Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work. Social Science and Medicine, 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.020

Rationale Despite the publicised health risks associated with its usage, sunbed tanning remains popular in many Western countries. Previous research indicates that knowledge of the harmful effects does not necessarily lead to a reduction in sunbed u... Read More about Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work.

Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor. Frontiers in Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00018

Given the relationship between language acquisition and music processing, musical perception (MP) skills have been proposed as a tool for early diagnosis of speech and language difficulties; therefore, a psychometric instrument is needed to assess mu... Read More about Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor.

Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study (2016)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2016). Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study. Media Psychology, 658-684. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1247716

Although there is much research looking at music’s effects on sport and exercise performance, little is known about exercisers’ own application of music during workouts. An online questionnaire exploring its relationship with gender, formal music tra... Read More about Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study.

Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Hallett, R., & Lamont, A. (2019). Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(3), 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316674267

While music has been found to motivate exercisers during workouts, its potential as a pre-exercise motivator has rarely been investigated. This study evaluated a self-selected, pre-exercise music intervention against implementation intentions (writin... Read More about Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention.

Musical Preferences (2016)
Book Chapter
Greasley, A., & Lamont, A. (2016). Musical Preferences. In S. Hallam, I. Cross, & M. Thaut (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. (2nd edn). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198722946.013.58

This chapter critically discusses current understanding of the psychology of musical preferences. The first section explores the styles of music people prefer, and the ways in which specific musical characteristics influence preference. The second se... Read More about Musical Preferences.

Choosing to Hear Music: Motivation, Process, and Effect (2015)
Book
Lamont, A., Greasley, A., & Sloboda, J. (2016). S. Hallam, I. Cross, & M. Thaut (Eds.), Choosing to Hear Music: Motivation, Process, and Effect. (2). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198722946.013.42

This chapter provides an overview of research on self-chosen music listening experiences, both recorded and live. The material is organized into the functional niches that music is chosen to be part of travel, brain work, body work, emotional work, a... Read More about Choosing to Hear Music: Motivation, Process, and Effect.