2006/07/01 by Paul D. Werner, Alan J. Swope, Frederick J. Heide · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Adjective #Adjective check list #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Diverse Music Education Insights #Linguistics #Music Therapy and Health #Neuroscience and Music Perception #Personality #Psychology #Sample (material) #Scale (ratio) #Social desirability #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.3200/jrlp.140.4.329-345
openalex publication_date 2006/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The authors introduce the Music Experience Questionnaire (MEQ), a self-report measure of individual differences in reactions to music. In analyses of responses in a derivation sample of 211 undergraduates and a replication sample of 105 undergraduates, scores on the 6 scales of this measure showed acceptable alpha coefficients and test-retest correlations. The authors found 2 principal factors: subjective/physical reactions to music and active involvement. MEQ scores were, at most, weakly correlated with 2 measures of favorability of self-presentation, the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (D. P. Crowne & D. Marlowe, 1960) and the Responding Desirability on Attitudes and Opinions Scale (K. Schuessler, D. H. Hittle, & J. Cardascia, 1978). Examination of correlations between MEQ scores and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (L. S. Radloff, 1977), as well as factor scores on the Adjective Check List (H. G. Gough & A. B. Heilbrun, 1983), suggested areas of similarity and difference in the correlates of music experience for women and men. The authors discuss directions for future research as well as potential uses of the MEQ.