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A survey of burnout among college music majors: a replication

The principal purpose of the current study was to replicate a previous study to compare perceived burnout levels of college music students by year in school, major, and primary instrument. The secondary purpose was to examine relationships among perceived burnout, academic, and personal variables. R...

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Published in:Music performance research 2010-01, Vol.3 (1), p.31-41
Main Author: Bernhard, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The principal purpose of the current study was to replicate a previous study to compare perceived burnout levels of college music students by year in school, major, and primary instrument. The secondary purpose was to examine relationships among perceived burnout, academic, and personal variables. Re‐spondents were 229 majors at a public university school of music. Results re‐vealed that string and voice majors reported higher levels of burnout than brass or woodwind majors. Non‐music education majors reported higher levels of burnout than music education majors, and freshmen, sophomores, and seniors reported higher levels of burnout than juniors and graduate students. There were correlations between burnout, sleep, exercise and relaxation, but not between burnout, hours of academic credit, classes, lessons, ensembles, homework, prac‐tising or non‐school work. Conclusions offer recommendations to help college music majors reduce burnout and make the most of their academic and personal lives.
ISSN:1755-9219