Early adolescents' emotional perceptions and engagement with popular music activities in everyday life

Figures & data

Table 1 Top everyday popular music activities by gender and overall.

Activity	Overall (N = 66)	Girls (N = 40)	Boys (N = 26)
Listening (generic)	67%	29 (73%)	15 (58%)
Singing	15%	7 (18%)	3 (12%)
Playing an instrument	14%	3 (8%)	6 (23%)
Video games	2%	0	1 (4%)
iPod/iPhone	2%	0	1 (4%)

Table 2 Frequency of engagement in everyday popular music activities by gender and overall (e.g. Do you listen to music – yes/no?).

Activity	Overall (N = 66)	Girls (N = 40)	Boys (N = 26)
Listening (generic)	98%	38 (98%)	26 (100%)
Singing	15%	7 (18%)	3 (12%)
Playing an instrument	67%	24 (60%)	20 (77%)
Video games	36%	12 (30%)	12 (46%)
iPod/iPhone	94%	36 (90%)	26 (100%)
iTunes/MP3	70%	26 (65%)	20 (77%)
Laptop/computer	2%	1 (3%)	0
Whistling^a	32%	9 (23%)	12 (46%)
Karoke/sing-along^a	26%	13 (33%)	4 (15%)
Dancing	61%	26 (65%)	14 (54%)
Tapping^a	38%	11 (28%)	14 (54%)
CD	3%	0	2 (8%)
Radio*	41%	20 (50%)	7 (27%)
Car (radio/stereo)	71%	30 (75%)	17 (65%)
Humming	44%	16 (40%)	13 (50%)
Television	41%	18 (45%)	9 (35%)
Writing music	8%	3 (8%)	2 (8%)

Note. * Significant gender difference (p < .05): radio, χ² = 5.092, p < .05.

a Marginal differences (p < .10), tapping, χ² = 3.037, p = .089; whistling, χ² = 2.732; p = .098, karoke/sing along χ² = 3.347, p = .067.

Table 3 Amount and percentage of emotional perceptions of top five everyday popular music activities for female and male adolescents.

	Positive		Negative		Neutral
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Playing an instrument
Female	13		0		23%
Male	1117%		0		12%
Singing
Female	69%		0		1	2%
Male	12%		0		0	0
Dancing
Female	46%		0		0%
Male	35%		0
Technology (iPad/iPhone)
Female	23%		0		0	0
Male	23%		12%		0	0
Listening (generic)
Female	46%		0		0	0
Male	23%		0		1	2%

Table 4 Amount and percentage of themes to describe personal meanings of music for total sample.

	Emotional		Cognitive		Spiritual/moral		Socio/cultural		Physical
Statement	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1	46	70	3	5	5	8	3	5	1	2
2	5	8	38	58	6	9	4	6	5	8
3	11	17	26	40	8	12	10	31	3	5
4	16	24	15	23	5	8	17	26	4	6
5	7	11	9	1	5	8	26	40	3	15
6	6	17	5	8	1	2	22	11	21	28
7	3	5	3	5	1	2	19	44	2	3
8	2	3	2	3	0		16	24	1	2
9	1	2	0		1	2	10	15	1	2
10	0		0		0		8		1	2
11	0		0		0		4		1	2
12	0		0		0		1	2	1	2