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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 00:46:31 -0400

Document 105
Accession No.: 90217292.
Author: Wesner-R-B. Noyes-R-Jr. Davis-T-L.
Title: The occurrence of performance anxiety among musicians.
Source: J-Affect-Disord. 1990 Mar. 18(3). P 177-85.
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS.
Abstract: A questionnaire was given to the students and faculty of the
University of Iowa School of Music to learn about their
experiences with and attitudes about performance anxiety.
Forty-nine (16.5%) of the 302 respondents indicated that their
musical performance was impaired by anxiety. Over 21% of the
respondents indicated that they experienced marked distress
while performing and 16.1% indicated that performance anxiety
had adversely affected their careers. Women more frequently
reported distress and impairment due to performance anxiety
than men. Age was not found to affect problems with performance
anxiety. Poor concentration, rapid heart rate, tremor,
sweating, and dry mouth were the most commonly reported anxious
symptoms. Drug and alcohol use among this group of
musicians was minimal. The findings suggest that
performance anxiety is an important problem that may in some
instances warrant medical treatment.
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