Mainstream Rock Research Articles

Old Players, New Players

Old Players, New Players

A comparative analysis of Christian and mainstream rock music videos

A comparative analysis of Christian and mainstream rock music videos

The Effects of Heavy Metal Music on Affects Shifts of Adolescents in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting

Thirty-five adolescent subjects from a psychiatric facility participated in a study to determine the effects of listening to heavy metal versus rock music on affect shifts and to determine the relationship between music preference and shifts in affect. In addition, primary diagnoses of the subjects were examined in relation to type of music and subsequent affect shifts. Short-term fluctuations in mood were measured before and after music listening, and music preference was assessed with a rating sheet completed during testing. Overall, no significant pre-post differences were found in the affect shifts of the subjects; however, when grouped according to music preference, those subjects preferring heavy metal music after listening to heavy metal music were found to have significant increases in positive affect. The affect of those preferring mainstream rock did not show a parallel shift after listening to rock music. Subjects' primary diagnoses had no significant bearing on shifts in affect after music listening.

Toward a Homosocial Theory of Sex Roles: An Explanation of the Sex Segregation of Social Institutions

Occupational segregation of women is a major reflection of the generalized segregation that characterizes all aspects of Western social life. It is the visible sign of a massive institutional substructure on which we are most likely to founder unless we are able to find a way around it. Two of the papers in this section deal with macrosociological segregation patterns that link different institutional sectors of society: Safilios-Rothschild addresses the question of sex segregation in the articulation between the institutions of the family and the occupational world; Gates explicates the ways in which the legal institutions buttress the segregation of the domestic and occupational domains. The Laws paper, operating on a different level of analysis, looks at different theoretical approaches to women's segregated involvement in the labor force.