Demands and resources associated with mental health among Norwegian professional musicians

BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicate a variety of health challenges among musicians. Despite this, less is known concerning the roles of work-related and personal factors associated with the musicians’ mental health. OBJECTIVE: We wanted to investigate personal and work-related demands and resource...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2019-01, Vol.63 (1), p.39-47
Main Authors: Aalberg, A.L., Saksvik-Lehouillier, I., Vaag, J.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand - trends
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Mathematical models
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Multiple regression analysis
Music - psychology
Musicians & conductors
Neurosis
Norway
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics - methods
Regression Analysis
Reinforcement
Sampling methods
Social interactions
Social Support
Statistical analysis
Statistical models
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Work life balance
Workload - psychology
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicate a variety of health challenges among musicians. Despite this, less is known concerning the roles of work-related and personal factors associated with the musicians’ mental health. OBJECTIVE: We wanted to investigate personal and work-related demands and resources associated with psychological distress in professional musicians. METHODS: Based on a sample of 1,607 of professional Norwegian musicians, we conducted a hierarchical multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: We found that personal factors such as level of neuroticism and sense of mastery had the strongest association with PD. Extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, job demands and social support did also contribute to distress in our final statistical model, but to a lesser degree. Somewhat surprisingly, work-family conflict, effort–reward imbalance and job control were not associated with PD in our final model. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that both work-related factors (job demands and social support) and personal resources (personality and sense of mastery) are associated with PD among musicians in this cross-sectional study. Prospective research is needed in order to investigate these associations further. Meanwhile, we suggest to emphasize early development of sense of mastery and social support in music education and industry.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-192906