ReviewBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Therapeutic Interventions for Music Performance Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.
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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
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- What plays beneath: mental health burden, personal resources, and treatment utilization among professional musicians and music students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between physical activity and music performance anxiety among university music students: a chain mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The social hierarchies and intra-group dynamics of symphony orchestras: a psychological perspective on ensemble cohesion.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Digital age triggers: the role of social media evaluation in music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness and music performance anxiety among early- and mid-career musicians in transition: the mediating roles of emotional intelligence and perfectionism.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Music psychology-based vocal performance anxiety management strategies in pedagogical practice: a mixed-methods intervention study with 3 month follow-up.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Resonance across cultures and faiths: examining the violin music's role in emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being for sustainable societies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sex differences in music performance anxiety: the role of self/other-scrutiny and self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associations between social support and help-seeking intention regarding music performance anxiety among Chinese music students: mediation via resilience and self-compassion.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mapping the relationship between flow experience and music performance anxiety: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Racial Imposter Syndrome and Music Performance Anxiety: A Case Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Did Orpheus have stage fright? To oneself, to the other, to the transcendent: steps for coping with music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The neuroesthetics of music as an alternative therapeutic model for enhancing youth mental wellbeing.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Perceived memory reliability and music performance anxiety in Chinese musicians: a mediation and latent profile approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological resilience and music performance anxiety: exploring mediators and sex differences in Chinese choir members.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of this systematic review was to summarise and evaluate the published literature on interventions for treating music performance anxiety (MPA). Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive literature search of three electronic databases was conducted: PubMed, Web of Science, and PsychInfo (Ovid). Records were included in this review if they were quantitative pre-post interventional studies that utilised a recognised outcome measure or a clinical diagnosis for evaluating MPA. A narrative synthesis was orchestrated on 40 extracted studies assessing 1365 total participants. The principal intervention types observed included cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, music therapy, yoga and/or mindfulness, virtual reality, hypnotherapy, biofeedback, and multimodal therapy. Although most of the reviewed studies demonstrated encouraging improvements in musicians' MPA following delivered interventions, the current evidence base remains in its infancy, and numerous methodological weaknesses exist across studies. Small sample sizes, heterogeneity amongst treatment programmes, lack of follow-up data, a scarcity of standardised MPA assessments, and few randomised controlled designs render it imprudent to draw definitive recommendations concerning the interventions' efficacy.
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