Tuesday 3 December 2013
at 5.15 pm, SR 15.17 (Resowi F1)
All welcome!
Why are people attracted to music that makes them feel sad, and sometimes even seem to enjoy it? In an ex-ploratory online study (n=595), subjects completed questionnaires regarding their attraction to sad music, as well as personality dimensions (coping strategies, empathy, self-efficacy etc.) that were expected to play a role in the enjoyment of sad music. Special attention was paid to motivational and situational factors, i.e. which ex-pectations and goals people have when engaging with sad music. Results revealed a three-factor-structure regarding both motivations and situations and are integrated in a preliminary „motivational model of sad music“.
The author
Karim Weth studied psychology at the University of Salzburg, specializing on music & emotion research. Cur-rently he is a PhD student with Christian Allesch (Salzburg) and Richard Parncutt (Graz). His main areas of interest are different aspects of emotional reactions to music, including the appeal of sad music, existential feelings in response to music, and the effect of music on various perceptual and cognitive factors. He pre-sented his work in various universities, as well as at international conferences.
