All Outputs (30)

Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood (2022)
Journal Article

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.

Music and Flourishing (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter draws on theory and a range of recent research literature to explain how music contributes to human flourishing. It first treats music listening and music-making as separate domains, and then brings them together to consider the world of... Read More about Music and Flourishing.

No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being (2022)
Book Chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of exercisers’ use of music during workouts (2019)
Journal Article

This study explores exercisers’ use of self-selected music. Ten participants (7 female, 3 male) aged 26-58 years who exercised regularly took part in semi-structured interviews about their exercise and music use. Interviews explored how they sourced,... Read More about An interpretative phenomenological analysis of exercisers’ use of music during workouts.

Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir (2018)
Journal Article

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

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.

The Psychology of Musical Development (2017)
Book

Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy (2017)
Journal Article

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.

Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/non-musician dichotomy (2017)
Journal Article

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

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

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.