Emotional self-regulation from youth through music

Abstract

This work presents the relationship between music, emotions and youth. The aim is to approach the taste for music, the music genres that youth listen to, and the main emotions, as well as why they like music and what it is used for in their lives. It starts from the idea of the importance of music in the daily life of young people and its impact on the emotional world, on other areas, such as cognitive or behavioral. Focus groups were conducted with adolescents and young people. The result shows the diversity of youthful musical taste, and it is stated that music serves firstly to relax, secondly to feel good, and thirdly to have fun. This shows a wise emotional self-regulation, beyond the identity or pure entertainment and fun that youth studies point out.