The Impact of Music on Individual and Social Well-Being
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1521
Special Issue Editors
Interests: art in infancy and childhood; vocal development and singing acquisition; self-expression and free improvisation; sound healing; music in the communities
Interests: musical learning and development across the life span; art in infancy and childhood; music in the communities; music and environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is recognition that music impacts both individual and social well-being, influencing various aspects of our lives in significant ways. We cherish that music can nurture individuals and communities, promoting a healthier, more connected society. Notably, it fosters emotional and psychological health, contributes to physical well-being, and strengthens social bonds.
Research has shown that musical interventions can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression; alleviate stress; improve mood; enhance the immune system, cognitive function, and motor skills; and foster social connections in different settings. Music can elicit emotional responses and facilitate coping mechanisms by engaging the brain’s reward and emotion centers, making it a valuable tool in clinical and non-clinical settings.
This Special Issue aims to bring together original contributions, empirical and theoretical, that can broaden and summarize knowledge of the relationship between music and well-being in all its facets. We welcome all submissions related to music interventions in community settings across the lifespan (e.g., non-formal and formal education, care/nursing homes, hospitals, prisons, homeless shelters, and disadvantaged groups, including migrants, refugees, people with disabilities, mental illness, or isolated persons) from an interdisciplinary perspective where music intersects with psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, linguistics, medicine, music therapy, and sociology, among others. Music interventions may include listening, singing, playing, moving, and/or creating.
Dr. Helena Ferreira Rodrigues
Dr. Ana Isabel Lemos do Carmo Pereira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- music
- well-being
- community music
- lifespan
- music interventions
- sound vibrations
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