Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Aggressiveness in children; Environmental music--Psychological aspects; Music--Psychological aspects; Academic theses;
Abstract
Previous research has suggested that background music influences children's classroom behaviors. However, the results of research to date are conflicting on the effects of hard rock background music on children's behavior. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine the differential effects of hard rock and easy listening music on preschoolers' aggressive behaviors during center time (e.g., during free play at the water table, art, blocks, and reading centers). Four classrooms with a combined total of 74 students (31 boys and 43 girls) participated in the study. During the 55-day study, we recorded the frequency of children's aggressive behaviors during a silent baseline condition and two music conditions, hard rock and easy listening. It was hypothesized that the frequency of aggressive behaviors would increase from baseline during the hard rock music condition and decrease from baseline during the easy listening music condition. Results indicated that the frequency of aggressive behaviors increased from baseline during the hard rock condition (9% baseline versus 15% hard rock) but did not decrease much from baseline during the easy listening condition (9% baseline versus 7% easy listening). Implications for early childhood education are discussed along with limitations of the study and directions for future research.
Year of Submission
2009
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Carolyn Hildebrandt
Second Advisor
Seth Brown
Third Advisor
Sunde Nesbit
Date Original
2009
Object Description
1 PDF file (56 leaves)
Copyright
©2009 Marissa Anne Arnett
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Arnett, Marissa Anne, "The Effects of Different Types of Background Music on Preschoolers’ Aggressive Classroom Behavior" (2009). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1958.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1958
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