Singing is Good For You
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The report title is "Choral Singing and Psychological Wellbeing" - Quantitative and qualitative findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey, from the final discussion:
"The results confirm previous findings that the experience of choral singing is a positive and beneficial one. In itself this is not surprising given that choral singing is a voluntary activity people undertake through a love of music and the pleasure they derive from it. Nevertheless, there is considerable variation in the extent to which singers endorse the idea that singing has benefits for their wellbeing and even health, and an interesting finding from the survey is that such perceptions are gendered, with women significantly more likely to report benefits when compared with men....."
The report title is "Choral Singing and Psychological Wellbeing" - Quantitative and qualitative findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey, from the final discussion:
"The results confirm previous findings that the experience of choral singing is a positive and beneficial one. In itself this is not surprising given that choral singing is a voluntary activity people undertake through a love of music and the pleasure they derive from it. Nevertheless, there is considerable variation in the extent to which singers endorse the idea that singing has benefits for their wellbeing and even health, and an interesting finding from the survey is that such perceptions are gendered, with women significantly more likely to report benefits when compared with men....."