The complexity of music performance anxiety as a multi-level phenomenon

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated challenges and recommendations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 12 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• The Effect of Improvisational Learning on Performance Anxiety among Chinese Zhongruan Learners: The Mediating Roles of Emotional Regulation and Self-Efficacy (2026) · Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange · doi

  Future studies can investigate the long-term effects of improvisational learning on music performance anxiety. Future studies can examine the impact of improvisational learning on music performance anxiety among different populations, such as Western instrument learners. Future studies can develop and test interventions that incorporate improvisational learning to reduce music performance anxiety.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future studies investigate long-term effects improvisational learning music
• Music Performance Anxiety in Higher Music Education: A Narrative Review of Mechanisms, Assessment, and Pedagogical Intervention (2026) · Journal of Educational Research and Policies · doi

  The complexity of music performance anxiety as a multi-level phenomenon. The need to develop effective assessment and intervention strategies that take into account the unique characteristics of music performance. The challenge of translating clinical evidence into pedagogical and institutional practice.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: complexity music performance anxiety multi-level phenomenon need develop
• The impact of professional music performance competence on performance anxiety: the mediating role of psychological risk and moderating role of psychological resilience (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · cited 12× · doi

  this should the crucial (2024) for 4.2 Theoretical and practical implications This study’s findings reveal complex interrelationships among professional competence, psychological risk, and performance anxiety, yielding significant implications for both theoretical advancement and practical applications in music performance. The established The research strongly supports developing intervention strategies that combine capability enhancement with psychological adjustment, as proposed by McPherson et al. (2019). Performance-specific capacity building should focus not only on technical training but also on practical performance experience accumulation. Kenny’s (2011) systematic risk management training approach gains additional support from our findings about the mediating role of risk cognition,

  generalrecommendationsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: performance practical risk theoretical implications psychological training crucial reveal complex interrelationships among professional competence anxiety

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