Going to gigs makes you happier, new study finds

Communal music engagement found to help subjective wellbeing

A new study has found that attending concerts regularly is likely to make you feel happier about your life overall.

The study, conducted by researchers at Victoria’s Deakin University, is titled 'If you’re happy and you know it: Music engagement and subjective wellbeing'. It saw 1,000 people surveyed, finding that "engaging with music by dancing or attending musical events was associated with higher [subjective wellbeing] than for those who did not engage with music in these forms".

 The report continues: "The findings also emphasised the important role of engaging with music in the company of others with regard to [subjective wellbeing], highlighting an interpersonal feature of music."

"The insight gained from these findings can be used to inform future interventions and to better understand how music is involved in emotional regulation."

Read the full study here, via Consequence Of Sound.

published by www.nme.com