ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2026
Digital binaural beat music for perceived stress relief among discipline inspection and supervision cadres: a mixed-methods study.
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Background: Discipline inspection and supervision cadres are exposed to high levels of occupational stress, yet convenient and accessible forms of psychological support for this group remain limited. Objective: This study aimed to examine the associations among self-efficacy, work engagement, subjective music listening experience, and psychological stress among discipline inspection and supervision cadres. It further explored whether subjective music listening experience played a potential mediating role in the relationship between self-efficacy/work engagement and psychological stress. Methods: A mixed-methods, cross-sectional design was adopted. Using purposive sampling, in-service discipline inspection and supervision cadres from a region of Sichuan Province, China, were recruited. Participants completed measures of psychological stress, self-efficacy, work engagement, and music listening experience after a single session of binaural beat music listening. Quantitative data were analyzed using hierarchical regression and mediation analyses, while qualitative data were examined through thematic analysis. Results: Self-efficacy/work engagement and music listening experience were both significantly and negatively associated with psychological stress. Moreover, music listening experience explained psychological stress beyond the effects of self-efficacy/work engagement. However, music listening experience did not significantly mediate the relationship between self-efficacy/work engagement and psychological stress. This finding suggests that self-efficacy/work engagement and music listening experience may be associated with psychological stress through relatively independent pathways. Significance: This study extends research on binaural beat music listening to a high-stress public-sector occupational group and provides preliminary evidence on the role of subjective music listening experience in relation to psychological stress.
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