Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study
After losing a close other, individuals usually confide in an empathic friend to receive comfort and they seem to have a heightened desire for mood-congruent, consoling music. Hence, it has been proposed that affect-congruent music acts as a social surrogate for an empathic friend. Thus, we hypothes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Music & Science |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204320935709 |