Music performance anxiety (MPA) affects young musicians, and especially those in higher music education, due to the evaluation and performance demands of this context and their professional and personal expectations, with implications for health and wellbeing. This study investigates the following predictors of anxiety: gender, age, performance experience, health problems, coping strategies and medication use, among Portuguese higher education music students. The Portuguese Music Performance Anxiety Scale (PoMPAS) was used to collect data ( N = 414). A Student’s t-test for independent samples was used to assess the extent to which MPA levels differ according to gender, and multiple linear regression was conducted to evaluate how age, performance experience, health problems, coping strategies and medication use influence the MPA levels of the sample. The results show that female participants display higher MPA scores than males. To varying degrees, all the factors above significantly impact participants’ MPA levels, as evaluated by the scale’s Behavioural/Emotional, Contextual/Physiological and Cognitive elements. The results of this study suggest that preventive orientation and health programmes could promote the wellbeing, and, consequently, decrease the MPA levels, of this group.

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音乐表演焦虑：葡萄牙高等教育音乐学生焦虑预测因素的研究


音乐表演焦虑（MPA）影响年轻音乐家，尤其是那些接受高等教育的音乐家，因为这种背景下的评估和表演要求以及他们的职业和个人期望，对健康和福祉产生影响。本研究调查了葡萄牙高等教育音乐学生的以下焦虑预测因素：性别、年龄、表演经验、健康问题、应对策略和药物使用。使用葡萄牙音乐表演焦虑量表（PoMPAS）来收集数据（N = 414）。使用独立样本的学生 t 检验来评估 MPA 水平因性别而异的程度，并进行多元线性回归来评估年龄、表现经验、健康问题、应对策略和药物使用如何影响 MPA 水平样品。结果显示，女性参与者的 MPA 分数高于男性。根据该量表的行为/情感、背景/生理和认知元素的评估，上述所有因素都在不同程度上显着影响参与者的 MPA 水平。这项研究的结果表明，预防导向和健康计划可以促进该群体的福祉，从而降低 MPA 水平。