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Dianna T Kenny - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The factor structure of the revised Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory
2020Co-Authors: Dianna T KennyAbstract:This study assessed the factor structure of the revised Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (KMPAI) using a sample (n=151) of tertiary music and dance students attending the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland. The scale consists of 40 items that assess the factor structure of the revised, expanded KMPAI to ascertain whether it captured the latent etiological factors identified by emotion theory underlying Performance Anxiety. Students completed the (revised) Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory at the commencement of the 2009 academic year. Principal component analysis (with varimax rotation) of the KMPAI revealed three latent factors and 12 underlying factors, as follows: early relationship context comprising generational transmission of Anxiety and parental empathy; psychological vulnerability comprising controllability, depression, hopelessness, and trust; and proximal Performance concerns comprising somatic Anxiety, pre- and post-Performance rumination, self/other scrutiny, Performance outcome concerns, memory reliability, and commitment to Performance. These results provide initial evidence of the complex structure of music Performance Anxiety, particularly in its severe form, and indicate that management and treatment of the condition will need to be tailored to the individual’s pattern of contributing causal features.
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Music Performance Anxiety: Origins, Phenomenology, Assessment and Treatment
Context: journal of music research, 2020Co-Authors: Dianna T KennyAbstract:Performance Anxiety is the general term for a group of disorders that affect individuals in a range of endeavours, from test-taking, mathematics Performance, public speaking and sport, to the performing arts of dance, acting and music. Females are two to three times more likely to experience Anxiety than males, and this relationship appears to hold for music Performance Anxiety (MPA) where studies demonstrate that females have significantly higher MPA than males, although this relationship is more complex in children. This article explores the origins of MPA, possible theoretical explanations for its development and the characteristics of those who might be vulnerable to experiencing high levels MPA. An examination of its occurrence in child, adolescent and adult musicians will follow to show that MPA is no respecter of age, experience or Performance setting. The article concludes with an overview of assessment and treatment of this condition.
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Music Performance Anxiety and its relationship with social phobia and dimensions of perfectionism
Research Studies in Music Education, 2018Co-Authors: Bianka Dobos, Bettina Pikó, Dianna T KennyAbstract:Although music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a common problem, there are only a few studies on this subject in Hungary. In this article, we investigate the underlying socio-demographic and psycholog...
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Exploring the Attachment Narrative of a Professional Musician with Severe Performance Anxiety: A Case Report
Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2015Co-Authors: Dianna T Kenny, Jeremy HolmesAbstract:The aim of this paper was to contribute to the further development of a coherent theory of music Performance Anxiety (MPA). Kenny (2011) proposed three forms of MPA – focal, MPA with social Anxiety, and MPA with panic and depression. An attachment disorder was proposed as the underlying psychopathology for this third type of MPA. Accordingly, an open-ended in-depth assessment interview of a professional musician presenting with severe music Performance Anxiety that included panic attacks and depressed mood was analysed from an attachment theory perspective. We hypothesized that the musical Performance setting re-triggers unprocessed feelings related to early attachment trauma, and that Performance Anxiety can be a manifestation of the emergence into consciousness of these powerful early feelings. As hypothesised, this musician suffered both early and current relational trauma that was expressed through particular symptomatology in his music Performance Anxiety. Failure to identify and treat underlying attachment disorders in severely anxious musicians may render other forms of treatment ineffective or short-lived.
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Predictors of music Performance Anxiety during skilled Performance in tertiary flute players
Psychology of Music, 2011Co-Authors: Dianna T Kenny, James Fortune, Bronwen J. AckermannAbstract:This study predicted music Performance Anxiety in skilled flute players. Participants played two orchestral excerpts under audition conditions. Prior to the Performance, participants completed the State (STAI-S) and Trait (STAI-T) Anxiety questionnaires from the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI) and the Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE). They also had electromyography (EMG) and electrocardiography (ECG) measures taken before and during their Performances and provided information on their musical achievements and how much time they had spent practicing the test pieces. Specially developed rating scales assessed prior level of musical achievement. Hierarchical regression analysis assessed relationships between each group of variables entered and music Performance Anxiety assessed with K-MPAI. The final model included the Anxiety measures (STAI-T, STAI-S, FNE), a rating of the highest level of achievement as a soloist, number of minutes they practice...
Marisa Terry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sport related Performance Anxiety in young female athletes
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2010Co-Authors: Dilip R. Patel, Hatim A Omar, Marisa TerryAbstract:Abstract The prevalence of Anxiety disorders in adolescents range from 6% to 20%, and it is much higher for Anxiety symptoms not meeting criteria for a specific Anxiety disorder. The prevalence is much higher in females. Athletes participating in sports experience different levels of stress from competitive sports. For most young athletes (generally 13 to 24 years old, i.e., high-school and college age group) sport participation is reported to be no more stressful than many other activities of daily student or work life in general where competition is involved and Performance is measured. Some level of sport related Performance Anxiety is considered to be normal and healthy; however, extreme Anxiety in athletes can be detrimental in these Performance situations. A number of factors may contribute to the development, severity, and persistence of Performance Anxiety related to sport participation. This article reviews the definitions, theories, clinical presentation, evaluation, and management principles of Performance Anxiety symptoms in young athletes.
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Sport-related Performance Anxiety in Young Female Athletes
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2010Co-Authors: Dilip R. Patel, Hatim Omar, Marisa TerryAbstract:The prevalence of Anxiety disorders in adolescents range from 6% to 20%, and it is much higher for Anxiety symptoms not meeting criteria for a specific Anxiety disorder. The prevalence is much higher in females. Athletes participating in sports experience different levels of stress from competitive sports. For most young athletes (generally 13 to 24 years old, i.e., high-school and college age group) sport participation is reported to be no more stressful than many other activities of daily student or work life in general where competition is involved and Performance is measured. Some level of sport related Performance Anxiety is considered to be normal and healthy; however, extreme Anxiety in athletes can be detrimental in these Performance situations. A number of factors may contribute to the development, severity, and persistence of Performance Anxiety related to sport participation. This article reviews the definitions, theories, clinical presentation, evaluation, and management principles of Performance Anxiety symptoms in young athletes. © 2010 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Ioulia Papageorgi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding Performance Anxiety in the adolescent musician
2020Co-Authors: Ioulia PapageorgiAbstract:Research in musical Performance Anxiety so far has mainly focused on adult professional musicians. Additionally, studies have mostly maintained a `clinical approach' to musical Performance Anxiety, focusing on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of maladaptive Performance Anxiety and its effects on selected groups of musicians. The aim of this thesis was to fill some of these gaps by exploring the experience of musical Performance Anxiety from the perspective of adolescent musicians. 410 students aged 12-19, all attending junior conservatoires and / or youth orchestras in the UK and Cyprus, responded to a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire dealt with a range of learning and Performance issues and yielded both quantitative and qualitative data. Performance Anxiety was measured with the Adolescent Musicians' Performance Anxiety Scale (AMPAS), designed specifically for the needs of this study. Results revealed that Performance Anxiety was an issue for a significant percentage of students. Differences in Performance Anxiety level intensity were related to nationality and gender, but not to age. Susceptibility to experiencing Performance Anxiety, task efficacy and quality of Performance environment were important factors in determining the intensity of experienced Performance Anxiety. Performance Anxiety was found to be a multi-faceted construct, influenced by a variety of factors relating to self-perceptions, situational parameters, identity and culture, and family environment. Student attainment was influenced by Performance Anxiety. Achievement of higher Grades was related to the experience of higher levels of Performance Anxiety and perceptions of receiving positive feedback were associated with lower perceived levels of Anxiety. Performance Anxiety influenced students' approaches to instrumental learning and Performance, particularly in terms of susceptibility to maladaptive Performance Anxiety and negative perceptions of the impact of Anxiety. Three types of students were identified in the data, each possessing different characteristics and experiencing Anxiety and physiological arousal in musical Performance in a distinctive way.
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The influence of the wider context of learning, gender, age, and individual differences on adolescent musicians' Performance Anxiety
2020Co-Authors: Ioulia PapageorgiAbstract:To date, most research on musical Performance Anxiety has focused on adult professional musicians, disregarding how Anxiety might affect younger performers. As a result, a clear understanding of how it develops in adolescent musicians and which performers are more prone to it has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to explore the influence of the wider cultural context of learning, gender, age, and individual differences on adolescent musicians’ experiences of Performance Anxiety as evidenced through their self reports on a newly-developed self-report questionnaire and the Adolescent Musicians’ Performance Anxiety Scale (AMPAS). Participants included 410 young musicians between the ages 12-19 in two geographical locations (UK and Cyprus). Results from statistical analyses suggest that the wider context of learning, gender, age, personal characteristics, and individual differences arising from self-concept, self-efficacy beliefs, susceptibility to situational factors in Performance, and parental expectations should be taken into account when assessing Performance Anxiety in adolescent musicians and within educational settings.
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perceived Performance Anxiety in advanced musicians specializing in different musical genres
Psychology of Music, 2013Co-Authors: Ioulia Papageorgi, Andrea Creech, Graham WelchAbstract:Most research on musical Performance Anxiety has focused on musicians coming from a classical background, and Performance Anxiety experiences of musicians outside the western classical genre remain under-researched. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived Performance Anxiety experiences in undergraduate and professional musicians and to explore whether musical genre specialization (Western classical, jazz, popular, Scottish traditional) affected musicians' Performance Anxiety experiences. The study addressed questions exploring the perceived intensity of Performance Anxiety, the perceived contributing factors, changes in perceived Anxiety levels as Performances approached (one hour before, immediately before and during Performance) and the perceived impact of Performance on the quality of Performance. Participants were 244 musicians, 170 undergraduates and 74 portfolio career musicians. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey. Findings suggested that Performance Anxiety was of concern for a significant majority of undergraduate and professional musicians. Musicians from all participating musical genres shared similar perceptions and concerns. Anxiety appeared to have negative connotations, although it was also reported as beneficial. Solo Performance generated more Anxiety compared to group Performance. Overall, the impact of Anxiety on Performance was related to its perceived severity during Performance, and was mediated by musicians' Performance experience and their general susceptibility to Anxiety. The musical genre in which participants specialized affected their perceived Anxiety levels. Western classical musicians were generally found to report higher levels of Performance Anxiety. This study has provided indications that musicians specializing in different musical genres may experience Performance Anxiety in quantitatively and qualitatively different ways. Further research would benefit from investigating factors contributing to these variations.
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A conceptual framework for understanding musical Performance Anxiety
Research Studies in Music Education, 2007Co-Authors: Ioulia Papageorgi, Susan Hallam, Graham WelchAbstract:Most research on musical Performance Anxiety has considered this in relation to the internal characteristics of the performer, the extent of their preparedness for the Performance, and factors in the immediate performing environment. The approach to its alleviation has generally been clinical in nature. Little research has been situated within an explicit overarching conceptual framework. This article proposes a theoretical framework that portrays Anxiety within a musical Performance context as a process that has an explicit time dimension (pre-, during- and postPerformance). The model illustrates the likely processes that occur once a performer agrees to participate in a particular Performance and explains how these might give rise to either maladaptive or adaptive forms of Performance Anxiety. The potential longer-term effects on the performer are also discussed. A detailed description of the model and the theories behind its development is followed by a consideration of model’s implications and potential usefulness for both research and education.
Dilip R. Patel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sport related Performance Anxiety in young female athletes
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2010Co-Authors: Dilip R. Patel, Hatim A Omar, Marisa TerryAbstract:Abstract The prevalence of Anxiety disorders in adolescents range from 6% to 20%, and it is much higher for Anxiety symptoms not meeting criteria for a specific Anxiety disorder. The prevalence is much higher in females. Athletes participating in sports experience different levels of stress from competitive sports. For most young athletes (generally 13 to 24 years old, i.e., high-school and college age group) sport participation is reported to be no more stressful than many other activities of daily student or work life in general where competition is involved and Performance is measured. Some level of sport related Performance Anxiety is considered to be normal and healthy; however, extreme Anxiety in athletes can be detrimental in these Performance situations. A number of factors may contribute to the development, severity, and persistence of Performance Anxiety related to sport participation. This article reviews the definitions, theories, clinical presentation, evaluation, and management principles of Performance Anxiety symptoms in young athletes.
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Sport-related Performance Anxiety in Young Female Athletes
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2010Co-Authors: Dilip R. Patel, Hatim Omar, Marisa TerryAbstract:The prevalence of Anxiety disorders in adolescents range from 6% to 20%, and it is much higher for Anxiety symptoms not meeting criteria for a specific Anxiety disorder. The prevalence is much higher in females. Athletes participating in sports experience different levels of stress from competitive sports. For most young athletes (generally 13 to 24 years old, i.e., high-school and college age group) sport participation is reported to be no more stressful than many other activities of daily student or work life in general where competition is involved and Performance is measured. Some level of sport related Performance Anxiety is considered to be normal and healthy; however, extreme Anxiety in athletes can be detrimental in these Performance situations. A number of factors may contribute to the development, severity, and persistence of Performance Anxiety related to sport participation. This article reviews the definitions, theories, clinical presentation, evaluation, and management principles of Performance Anxiety symptoms in young athletes. © 2010 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Sanna M Nordin-bates - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Performance Anxiety experiences of professional ballet dancers: the importance of control.
Journal of dance medicine & science : official publication of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, 2020Co-Authors: Imogen J. Walker, Sanna M Nordin-batesAbstract:: Performance Anxiety research abounds in sport psychology, yet has been relatively sparse in dance. The present study explores ballet dancers' experiences of Performance Anxiety in relation to: 1. symptom type, intensity, and directional interpretation; 2. experience level (including company rank); and 3. self-confidence and psychological skills. Fifteen elite ballet dancers representing all ranks in one company were interviewed, and qualitative content analysis was conducted. Results revealed that cognitive Anxiety was more dominant than somatic Anxiety, and was unanimously interpreted as debilitative to Performance. Somatic Anxiety was more likely to be interpreted as facilitative, with the majority of dancers recognizing that a certain amount of Anxiety could be beneficial to Performance. Principal dancers suffered from higher intensities of Performance Anxiety than corps de ballet members. Feeling out of control emerged as a major theme in both the experience of Anxiety and its interpretation. As a result, prevention or handling of Anxiety symptoms may be accomplished by helping dancers to feel in control. Dancers may benefit from education about Anxiety symptoms and their interpretation, in addition to psychological skills training incorporating cognitive restructuring strategies and problem-focussed coping to help increase their feelings of being in control.
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The importance of control : Performance Anxiety experiences of professional ballet dancers
2012Co-Authors: Imogen J. Walker, Sanna M Nordin-batesAbstract:Performance Anxiety research abounds in sport psychology, yet has been relatively sparse in dance. The present study explores ballet dancers' experiences of Performance Anxiety in relation to: 1. symptom type, intensity, and directional interpretation; 2. experience level (including company rank); and 3. self-confidence and psychological skills. Fifteen elite ballet dancers representing all ranks in one company were interviewed, and qualitative content analysis was conducted. Results revealed that cognitive Anxiety was more dominant than somatic Anxiety, and was unanimously interpreted as debilitative to Performance. Somatic Anxiety was more likely to be interpreted as facilitative, with the majority of dancers recognizing that a certain amount of Anxiety could be beneficial to Performance. Principal dancers suffered from higher intensities of Performance Anxiety than corps de ballet members. Feeling out of control emerged as a major theme in both the experience of Anxiety and its interpretation. As a result, prevention or handling of Anxiety symptoms may be accomplished by helping dancers to feel in control. Dancers may benefit from education about Anxiety symptoms and their interpretation, in addition to psychological skills training incorporating cognitive restructuring strategies and problem-focussed coping to help increase their feelings of being in control.
