Post by danylo on Oct 17, 2023 11:59:36 GMT
Paula Rowe and Bernard Guerin from the University of South Australia have recently studied the function of metal music in the identity development, social orientation and emotional experiences of teen listeners.
It's widely believed that metal music leads to mental health issues and provokes aggressive behavior in young people. However, their study called 'Contextualizing the mental health of metal youth: A community for social protection, identity and musical empowerment' shows the opposite: Heavy metal music can actually be extremely beneficial for your head.
Rowe and Guerin interviewed 28 Australian metalheads aged 18-24 years (23 men and 5 women). Four primary themes emerged in analyzing participants' reported relationships to metal music: All participants experienced some form of bullying at school at the time they embarked on becoming metal music fans; they all mentioned the power of the listening experience; all participants constructed a sense of belonging to the global metal community and finally, they all described how listening to metal brought about a sense of social protection and even helped them make friends.
The researchers found that metal not only provides a form of escape and release to the youth, but also provides a kind of informal therapy and helps them cope with social problems.
It's widely believed that metal music leads to mental health issues and provokes aggressive behavior in young people. However, their study called 'Contextualizing the mental health of metal youth: A community for social protection, identity and musical empowerment' shows the opposite: Heavy metal music can actually be extremely beneficial for your head.
Rowe and Guerin interviewed 28 Australian metalheads aged 18-24 years (23 men and 5 women). Four primary themes emerged in analyzing participants' reported relationships to metal music: All participants experienced some form of bullying at school at the time they embarked on becoming metal music fans; they all mentioned the power of the listening experience; all participants constructed a sense of belonging to the global metal community and finally, they all described how listening to metal brought about a sense of social protection and even helped them make friends.
The researchers found that metal not only provides a form of escape and release to the youth, but also provides a kind of informal therapy and helps them cope with social problems.
