According To A Study, Regularly Attending Concerts Makes You Happier

Oct 08, 2018 by apost team

There's nothing quite like the magic of going to a concert. You get to see your favorite band live! Plus you're in a community of people who are all as obsessed as you are. The experience can almost become like a trance. You're absorbed in the music and the joy of just being there. That wonderful feeling is now backed by science. Studies prove that going to concerts more frequently makes you happier.

Sage Journals published an extensive study on this topic. Melissa K. Weinberg and Dawn Joseph analyzed how "habitual music enjoyment" affects "subjective well-being" (also known as SWB). SWB means your self-assessment of how you feel.

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This is the first study of its kind. Other studies on music and SWB focus on what music dementia patients find soothing. Weinberg and Joseph now capture the joy of going to a concert. Statistics show the full story.

The study consisted of random phone interviews with 1,000 subjects. The subjects were asked how they engage with music. The results? People who dance and go to concerts regularly report higher SWB compared with people who don't.

The reason for this has a lot to do with the social element of concert-going. You're engaging with people who all feel the same as you. Like Madonna once said, "music makes the people come together." That rush is what sustains our happiness even after we go home from a gig.

Don't worry if you don't have the time or money to go to a concert. Even just listening to music is an instant stress buster and mood booster! There are a lot of scientific reasons behind that, too. Listening to music that you enjoy releases dopamine. That's the 'feel-good' hormone. Dopamine fuels both motivation and addiction. No wonder you might have a compulsion to listen to the same song over...and over...and over...It could also be the same reason we have 'pump up' playlists to get us psyched.

It's not just that music makes you feel good. It can even help you relieve your stress and live a better quality of life. Well-being contributes to a happier life. People who feel happier enjoy a longer life span.

Wow! All the more reason to turn it up and play it loud. If you have the opportunity to attend a concert, take advantage of it. You'll be (literally) happy you did.

Do you enjoy going to concerts? What is the best concert you've ever gone to?

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