Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and results for Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for scores in arousal, joy, and calmness by age group and music experience.
| Arousal | Joy | Calmness | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | Med (Min-Max) | p | Mean (SD) | Med (Min-Max) | p | Mean (SD) | Med (Min-Max) | p | |||
| Children | Younger | pre | 46 | 6.3 (2.6) | 6.5 (0.4–9.8) | 7.3 (2.3) | 8.0 (1.0–10.0) | 7.6 (2.3) | 8.5 (2.0–9.9) | |||
| post | 46 | 3.1 (2.8) | 2.1 (0.0–10.0) | <0.001 | 7.4 (2.5) | 8.1 (1.0–10.0) | 0.733 | 8.3 (1.9) | 9.4 (1.8–10.0) | 0.045 | ||
| Older | pre | 40 | 2.9 (1.7) | 2.8 (1.0–7.0) | 6.0 (1.9) | 6.1 (1.5–9.4) | 6.5 (1.8) | 7.0 (1.9–9.2) | ||||
| post | 40 | 3.3 (2.5) | 3.0 (0.0–8.3) | 0.211 | 6.5 (1.9) | 6.8 (2.0–9.2) | 0.045 | 6.8 (2.1) | 7.5 (0.3–9.2) | 0.052 | ||
| Experienced | Musethica | pre | 23 | 3.9 (2.2) | 3.5 (0.7–8.2) | 7.3 (2.4) | 8 (1.7–10.0) | 5.7 (2.4) | 6.4 (1.2–9.5) | |||
| post | 23 | 7.1 (2.5) | 7.6 (0.7–10.0) | 0.113 | 8.6 (1.1) | 9 (5.3–10.0) | <0.001 | 8.3 (1.4) | 8.4 (3.0–10.0) | 0.001 | ||
| Music Academy | pre | 66 | 5.4 (2.4) | 5.2 (1.4–9.9) | 6.8 (2.1) | 7 (1.3–9.8) | 6.7 (2.3) | 7.1 (0.0–10.0) | ||||
| post | 63 | 6.8 (2.9) | 7.7 (0.0–10.0) | <0.001 | 8 (1.8) | 8.6 (1.6–10.0) | 0.093 | 8 (1.9) | 8.7 (0.0–10.0) | 0.343 | ||
| Elderly | Elderly listener I | pre | 93 | 4.3 (2.4) | 4.1 (0.5–9.6) | 6.2 (2.0) | 6.3 (1.0–10.0) | 7.1 (2.2) | 7.5 (1.0–10.0) | |||
| post | 92 | 4.7 (2.3) | 4.7 (0.6–9.3) | 0.001 | 5.2 (2.3) | 5.3 (1.0–9.4) | 0.003 | 6 (2.4) | 6.2 (1.2–10.0) | 0.001 | ||
| Elderly listener II | pre | 111 | 4.9 (2.2) | 4.8 (0.6–9.8) | 6 (1.9) | 5.9 (1.2–9.4) | 6.5 (2.2) | 6.9 (1.0–9.8) | ||||
| post | 112 | 5.6 (2.3) | 5.9 (0.9–9.7) | <0.001 | 5.6 (2.1) | 5.6 (0.7–9.2) | <0.001 | 6.2 (2.4) | 6.5 (0.0–9.7) | <0.001 | ||
SD = Standard Deviation, Med = Median.