ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Examining a Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Music Performance Anxiety in Student Vocalists.
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- Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for music performance anxiety: a three-level meta-analysis of therapeutic effects, mechanisms, and boundary conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Recent developments in coping strategies focusing on music performance anxiety: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The application of virtual reality exposure versus relaxation training in music performance anxiety: a randomized controlled study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Performing in the Absence of Debilitating Anxiety: A Qualitative Analysis from the Perspective of Professional Western Classical Ensemble Musicians.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Music performance anxiety beyond coping: toward a creative arts perspective in higher music education.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exercise as an adjunct intervention for social anxiety disorder: a mini-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- What plays beneath: mental health burden, personal resources, and treatment utilization among professional musicians and music students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Racial Imposter Syndrome and Music Performance Anxiety: A Case Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Interventions for Music Performance Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Did Orpheus have stage fright? To oneself, to the other, to the transcendent: steps for coping with music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Meditating musicians: investigating the experience of music students and professional musicians in a brief mindfulness course to address music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Design and Evaluation of a Collective Preventive Program for Musical Performance Anxiety (European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- The influence of music performance anxiety on career expectations of early musical career students: self-efficacy as a moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Facing the fear: a narrative review on the potential of pressure training in music.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Effects of Psychological Interventions on Performance Anxiety in Performing Artists and Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Current Trends in Music Performance Anxiety Intervention.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- It's not a virus! Reconceptualizing and de-pathologizing music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Acceptance and Commitment Coaching for Music Performance Anxiety: Piloting a 6-Week Group Course With Undergraduate Dance and Musical Theatre Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a distressing and persistent anxious apprehension related to musical performance. The experience of MPA forces many musicians to give up performing or develop maladaptive coping mechanisms (e.g., avoidance or substance use), which can impact their career and wellbeing. High levels of MPA in students and vocalists are reported in the literature. Vocalists present a unique challenge for clinicians in that vocal and breathing mechanisms, required for performance, are negatively impacted when anxious. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of a range of psychological problems including social anxiety disorder (of which MPA may be indicated as a subtype). This study sought to investigate whether group-based ACT may be a feasible and effective intervention for MPA in Australian student vocalists and aimed to design an intervention that could be adopted by music education providers. Potential participants (
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