Source note · R083
Under the spotlight: social anxiety and music performance anxiety in solo-exposed wind instrumentalists compared to section players in orchestra settings
Solo-exposed wind players reported more anxiety in a cross-sectional orchestral sample.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Survey & observational
- Review extent
- Appraisal and selected source sections checked
What was studied
A cross-sectional questionnaire study compared 74 solo-exposed wind players with 78 section players, predominantly in mainland China.
What it contributes
Among 152 wind players, principals/players with solo exposure reported higher performance and social anxiety than section players; the difference was concentrated among less-experienced musicians, without proving causation.
Where the evidence stops
Cross-sectional self-report, n=152; exposure groups were not randomly assigned and causal direction cannot be inferred; not Oklahoma-specific.
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