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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1461235
This article is part of the Research Topic Music Performance Anxiety - Volume II View all 5 articles

Psychological capital and music performance anxiety: The mediating role of self-esteem and flow experience

Provisionally accepted
Xin Jiang Xin Jiang 1*Yanli Tong Yanli Tong 2
  • 1 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, China

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    This study aimed to explore the correlation between psychological capital and music performance anxiety among Chinese college students majoring in music. Additionally, the study evaluated the chain mediating effects of self-esteem and flow experience. Three hundred twenty-nine college students pursuing a music major from institutions in Eastern China participated in the study. They were asked to complete the Psychological Capital, Self-Esteem, Flow Experience, and Music Performance Anxiety Scales. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed, and sophisticated mediation models were created. The results suggest that self-esteem and flow experience play a role in connecting psychological capital and music performance anxiety.Moreover, the ultimate model elucidates significant connections linking psychological capital to self-esteem and flow experience in music performance anxiety. This study offers useful insights for future interventions aimed at mitigating music performance anxiety through the cultivation of students' psychological capital, self-esteem, and flow experiences.

    Keywords: music performance anxiety, Psychological Capital, flow experience, self-esteem, Music major undergraduates

    Received: 08 Jul 2024; Accepted: 02 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jiang and Tong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xin Jiang, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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