Abstract
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in scholars and practitioners to explore the factors that lead to an improvement in Students’ psychological wellbeing. Due to the tough challenges faced by students during their academic life, severe issues of stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues emerge, which affect their academic performance and have a long-lasting impact on their future careers. The pandemic accelerates the stress levels, anxiety, and mental issues of students. The main purpose of this study was to explore how music education impacts on Students’ psychological wellbeing and academic performance. This study also investigates the mediating effect of self-esteem and self-efficacy. To the best of our knowledge, there has been little to no study exploring the relationship of music education on the psychological wellbeing and performance of students, especially from the perspective of Asian countries. This study was conducted in undergraduate and graduate institutions of China. This study was quantitative in nature and data were collected from 319 respondents. The structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was employed for data analysis. Results reveal that music education has a significant positive impact on psychological wellbeing, which improves Students’ academic performance. Moreover, psychological wellbeing also has a significant and positive impact on Students’ academic performance. Self-efficacy and self-esteem significantly mediate the relationship between music education and psychological wellbeing. The findings of this study open new avenues for future research in music education and psychological wellbeing. This study suggests that the policymakers and practitioners should make such policies that encourage educational institutes to adopt music education to improve the psychological wellbeing of students.
Highlights
A huge amount of scientific research shows that the pandemic and its associated illness has a significant influence on the behavoir and mental health of individuals (Loades et al, 2020; Luo et al, 2020), with only a few studies indicating contrary (Gijzen et al, 2020)
The finding of this study reveals that music education develops self-efficacy and self-esteem in the students which assists them in improving their psychological wellbeing
Music education and its practices are recognized as a vital tool in reducing the level of stress and anxiety among the students which has a significant impact on their personality grooming and academic performance
Summary
A huge amount of scientific research shows that the pandemic and its associated illness has a significant influence on the behavoir and mental health of individuals (Loades et al, 2020; Luo et al, 2020), with only a few studies indicating contrary (Gijzen et al, 2020). Even during the month of April 2020, when most people were on lockdown due to the pandemic, mental health hotlines in the United States saw 100-fold increases. Music Education and Psychological Wellbeings from suicide, likely due to severe psychological problems, than from the novel coronavirus. The pandemic has an influence on a wide range of people, but because of the uncertainty surrounding academic progress, social life, and employment, college students are among the most severely impacted (Kim et al, 2020). Students all over the world were experiencing rising feelings of anxiety, negative moods, low selfesteem, psychological symptoms, drug addiction, and suicidal behaviors even before the epidemic (Huo et al, 2020; Nawaz et al, 2020a; Wu et al, 2020)
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