Music absorption, spirituality and serenity in university students
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2017
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
The current research study investigated the relationship among music absorption, Spirituality, and serenity in university students. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship among music absorption spirituality and serenity, and spirituality will mediate the relationship between music absorption and serenity. It was co-relational research with cross-sectional design. The data from 165 university students (70 men, 95 women) were collected from different universities with the age range of 20-30 (M = 21.73, SD = 1.73) and purposive sampling technique was used. Music absorption scale (AIMS) (Sandstrom, Russo, 2011), expression of spirituality inventory (ESI) (MacDonald, 2000), brief serenity scale (BSS) (Kreitzer, Mary Jo, et al, 2009), and short test of music preference (STOMP) (Rentfrow & Gosling 2013) were used as measurement tools. The Pearson product moment correlation analysis revealed music absorption to be significantly positively correlated with serenity, and spirituality, it was also found to be significantly positively correlated with music absorption and serenity. The result of mediation analysis (indirect effect) showed that spirituality was significant a mediator between music absorption and serenity. Music along with spirituality or spiritual healing technique can be very helpful in various psychological treatments. Furthermore music therapy technique can be used for recalling past events.
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Supervised by: Muhammad Faran Ali
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Music absorption, Music preference, Spirituality, MSc Thesis