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Music across the love-span: a mixed methods study into the use of music in romantic relationships

Julia Vigl
, 
Joshua S. Bamford
, 
Abbigail Fleckenstein
, 
Suvi Saarikallio
Тип публикации: Journal Article
Дата публикации: 2024-12-24
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ISSN: 27325121
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Background Music is known to be a powerful tool for social bonding, but its role in romantic relationships remains poorly understood. The present study investigated the relevance of music to three core aspects of love (intimacy, passion and commitment) across relationship stages: attraction, building, and maintenance. Methods Using a mixed-methods approach, 174 participants responded to self-report ratings assessing the role of music for the three aspects of love across the three relationship stages, as well as open-ended questions reflecting on their music-related experiences at each relationship stage. Results Results from quantitative ratings showed that music promotes intimacy and passion, particularly during the attraction and building phases, with less impact on commitment and during the maintenance phase. Participants with greater musical expertise and reward reported greater overall importance of music, suggesting that musical ability and preference may be used as a tool to assess compatibility between partners, rather than being generally attractive traits. Qualitative analysis of 351 coded open responses revealed a set of 55 key musical actions (e.g., listening, sharing and making music) and outcomes (e.g., bonding, (re)connecting and assessing compatibility) related to participants’ use of music throughout the three relationship stages. Themes such as signalling attraction and emotional communication were most prominent in the attraction phase, whereas bonding through shared musical activities was more common in later phases. Conclusion The present study provides a first systematic investigation of the role of music for different phases and aspects of romantic relationships. The findings provide valuable insights for music research, relationship studies, and therapeutic practice, highlighting the role of music in fostering connection and intimacy in romantic relationships.
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Vigl J. et al. Music across the love-span: a mixed methods study into the use of music in romantic relationships // Open Research Europe. 2024. Vol. 4. p. 275.
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Vigl J., Bamford J. S., Fleckenstein A., Saarikallio S. Music across the love-span: a mixed methods study into the use of music in romantic relationships // Open Research Europe. 2024. Vol. 4. p. 275.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.12688/openreseurope.19016.1
UR - https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-275/v1
TI - Music across the love-span: a mixed methods study into the use of music in romantic relationships
T2 - Open Research Europe
AU - Vigl, Julia
AU - Bamford, Joshua S.
AU - Fleckenstein, Abbigail
AU - Saarikallio, Suvi
PY - 2024
DA - 2024/12/24
PB - F1000 Research
SP - 275
VL - 4
SN - 2732-5121
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@article{2024_Vigl,
author = {Julia Vigl and Joshua S. Bamford and Abbigail Fleckenstein and Suvi Saarikallio},
title = {Music across the love-span: a mixed methods study into the use of music in romantic relationships},
journal = {Open Research Europe},
year = {2024},
volume = {4},
publisher = {F1000 Research},
month = {dec},
url = {https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-275/v1},
pages = {275},
doi = {10.12688/openreseurope.19016.1}
}