COVID-19: Uses and Perceptions of Music during Lockdown from a Gender Perspective

Cristina Arriaga-Sanz, Alberto Cabedo-Mas (), Antoni Ripollés-Mansilla and Lidón Moliner-Miravet
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Cristina Arriaga-Sanz: Department of Didactics of Musical, Visual Arts and Physical Education, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Alberto Cabedo-Mas: Department of Education and Specific Didactics, University Jaume I of Castellón, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Antoni Ripollés-Mansilla: Department of Education and Specific Didactics, University Jaume I of Castellón, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Lidón Moliner-Miravet: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of Social Sciences, Language and Literature, University Jaume I of Castellón, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Starting in the middle of March 2020, various lockdown measures and degrees of confinement were put in place in most European countries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this situation meant that more people were likely to experience poorer mental health, largely due to the imposition of social distancing measures, many individuals incorporated music into their coping routines to help improve their psychological well-being. Using a gender perspective, this study analyzes how individuals used music during lockdown and explores the differences between men’s and women’s views on the impact that listening to and making music has on their perceived level of well-being. A questionnaire, MUSIVID19, was administered to a sample of 1868 participants from all the autonomous regions in Spain. The results reveal that in the uses and perceptions of music, the stereotypes underlying the patriarchal system were also reproduced during confinement.

Keywords: gender; music; music perceptions; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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