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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1565215
This article is part of the Research Topic Music Performance Anxiety - Volume II View all 9 articles
The Impact of Professional Music Performance Competence on Performance Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Psychological Risk and Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience
Provisionally accepted- 1 Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China
- 2 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
- 3 Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 4 Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 5 Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Music performance anxiety (MPA) significantly impacts musicians' wellbeing and career development, yet the complex interplay between professional competence, psychological risk, and resilience in MPA formation remains understudied. This research investigated these mechanisms through a moderated mediation model among 609 music major students (70.9% female; M age = 20.96 years, SD = 4.52). Participants completed a comprehensive assessment battery including the Professional Questionnaire for Musicians (PQM), Psychological Risk Questionnaire for Musicians (PRQM), Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI), and Connor-DavidsonResilience Scale (CD-RISC). Analysis using SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS macro (Model 7) revealed significant negative correlations between professional competence and both performance anxiety (r = -.252, p < .01) and psychological risk (r = -.448, p < .01). Psychological risk significantly mediated the relationship between professional competence and performance anxiety (indirect effect = -.171, 95% CI [-.243, -.099]). Notably, psychological resilience moderated this indirect effect (moderation effect = .188, 95% CI [.092, .284]), with the relationship being strongest at low resilience levels (β = -.881, p < .001) and weakest at high resilience levels (β = -.693, p < .001). These findings validate a complex mechanism wherein professional competence influences performance anxiety through psychological risk, with psychological resilience serving as a crucial moderating factor. The results emphasize the importance of developing multidimensional intervention strategies and provide empirically-grounded guidance for music education practice, suggesting that enhancing both professional competence and psychological resilience may effectively reduce performance anxiety through the mitigation of psychological risk.
Keywords: Liutai avernue 555, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China music performance anxiety, Professional Competence, Psychological risk, psychological resilience
Received: 22 Jan 2025; Accepted: 20 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, Lei, Huang, Yu and Zhang. 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:
Peng Lei, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
Huoyin Zhang, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, Guangdong Province, China
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