Music Experience Questionnaire
(MEQ)
The MEQ is copyright (c) 1992 by
Paul D. Werner, Ph.D., Alan J. Swope, Ph.D., and Frederick Heide, Ph.D.
MEQ Bibliography
Publications
Calma-Roddin, N., & Drury, J. E.(2020). Music, language, and the N400: ERP interference patterns across cognitive domains. Scientific Reports, 10, 11222 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66732-0
Marques, A., & Fonte, C. (2018). Experiência com a música, bem-estar e saúde mental: que relações? [Experience with music, wellness and mental health: What relations?]. Revistamúsica,18(2), 30-45.
Kokowska, M. (2017). Doświadczenie muzyczne w regulacji nastroju. [Musical experience in mood regulation]. Polskie Forum Psychologiczne, 22, 57-81.
Kantor-Martynuska, J., & Horabik, J. (2015). Granularity of emotional responses to music: The effect of musical expertise. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 9, 235-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039107
Floridou, G. A., Williamson, V. J., Stewart, L., & Müllensiefen, D. (2015). The Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (IMIS). Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 25(1), 28–36. https://doi.org/10.1037/pmu0000067
Müllensiefen, D., Gingras, B., Musil, J., & Stewart, L. (2014). The musicality of non-musicians: An index for assessing musical sophistication in the general population. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89642. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089642. Retrieved from http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0089642
Tilt, A. C., Werner, P. D., Brown, D. F., Alam, H., Warshaw, A. L., Boulanger, A. B., et al. (2013). Low degree of formal education and musical experience predict degree of music-induced stress reduction in relatives and friends of patients: A single-center randomized controlled trial. Annals of Surgery, 257,:834-838. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828ee1da
Conrad, C., Konuk, Y., Werner, P. D., Cao, C. G., Warshaw, A., Rattner, D., Stangenberg, L., Ott, H., Jones, D. B., Miller, D. L., & Gee, D. (2012). A quality improvement study on avoidable stressors and countermeasures affecting surgical motor performance and learning. Annals of Surgery, 255, 1190-1194. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318250b332
Judde, & Rickard, N. (2010). The effect of post-learning presentation of music on long-term word-list retention. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 94, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2010.03.002
Chin, T., & Rickard, N. S. (2010). Nonperformance, as well as performance, based music engagement predicts verbal recall. Music Perception, 27, 197–208. DOI:10.1525/MP.2010.27.3.197
Conrad, C., Konuk, Y., Werner, P., Cao, C. G., Warshaw, A., Rattner, D., Jones, D. B., & Gee, D. (2009). Effect of defined auditory conditions vs. mental loading on the laparoscopic motor skill performance of experts. Surgical Endoscopy (online journal). DOI 10.1007/s00464-009-0772-0. .
Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., & Heide, F. J. (2009). Music experience, ethnicity, and depression. Journal of Music Therapy, 46, 339–358.
Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., & Heide, F. J. (2006). The Music Experience Questionnaire: Development and correlates. Journal of Psychology, 140, 329-345.
Dissertations
Marques, P. A. R. (2017). A influência da música na saúde mental e bem-estar: um estudo exploratório / The influence of music on mental health and well-being: an exploratory study. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation), Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal.
Toto, G. A. (2017). Personalità e apprendimento nell’educazione musicale / Personality and learning in music education. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Hall, H. J. (2012). Movement and music as elements in overcoming trauma: Leisure coping strategies as adjuncts or alternatives to therapy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.
Freiha, K. F. (2007). Personality correlates of the experience of music. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.
Satterlee, S. (2006). The Rorschach and musical artistry: An exploratory study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.
Conference Presentations
Marques, A., & Fonte, C. (2017, July). Music experience and wellbeing associations in everyday life : a study with a Portuguese sample. Poster presentation at ICEI 2017– 6th International Congress on Emotional Intelligence
Cui, M., Knox, D., Cassidy, G. & MacDonald, R. (2015, October). From East to West - A cross cultural study of music listening experiences, preference and health in everyday life contexts. Poster presentation at the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) conference on Music and Health and the 3rd meeting of the Scottish Music and Health Network. Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK.
Cui, M. H., Knox, D., Cassidy, G., MacDonald, R. (2013, October). A cross cultural study of music listening experiences, preference, health and wellbeing. Paper presentation at conference on Rethinking Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Towards New Ethical Paradigms in Music and Health Research, organised by British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE), Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.
Cui, M., Knox, D., Cassidy, G. & MacDonald, R. (2012, April). A cross cultural study of music listening experiences, preference and health wellbeing. Paper presentation at conference on Creativity, Musicality, Wellbeing, the Changing Face of Music and Art Education (CFMAE): Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Tallinn University, Estonia.
Tilt, A., Werner, P. D., Boulanger, A., Parry, B., Brown, D., & Conrad, C. (2012, April). Ambient music and emergency room visitors’ anxiety reduction: Music experience correlates. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Burlingame, CA.
Cui, M., Knox, D., Cassidy, G. & MacDonald, R. (2011, September). A cross cultural study of music listening experiences, preference and health wellbeing. Paper presentation at Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Conference 'Striking a cord' on Music, Health & Wellbeing. Folkestone, UK.
Conrad, C., Konuk, Y., Werner, P. D., Cao, C., Warshaw, A., Rattner, D., Jones, D., & Gee, D. (2009, April). The effect of auditory conditioning and prior musical experience on laparoscopic motor skill performance in experts. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Phoenix, AZ.
Dillard, L. M., Swope, A. J., Werner, P. D., & Heide, F. J. (2002, March). Experience of music and personality variables among music students. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., Heide, F. J., Matter, C. F., & Soland, M. (2001, August). The Music Experience Questionnaires: Psychometrics and analyses of ethnic differences. Poster presentation at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., & Heide, F. J. (2000, March). The Music Experience Questionnaire: Further psychometric evidence. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Albuquerque, NM.
Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., & Heide, F. J. (1996, April). The experience of music: Measurement and correlates. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
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