Take the survey
LiveAm I eligible?
To take part you must be a fluent English-speaking adult (18+) who regularly plays in at least one musical group with others.
What will I do?
Answer ~10-minutes of questions about your demographics (anonymised), musical expertise, and a specific experience of group musical performance.
Research study
What Does Group Musical Performance Feel Like?
Department of Psychology,
Goldsmiths, University of London,
Lewisham Way,
London, SE14 6NW
Project partners:
This online survey studies adult (18+) musicians’ experiences of performing in groups. The aim of the study is to develop a new questionnaire that characterises the psychological states that emerge from performing music in groups.
The survey takes around 10-mins and you will be entered into a $50 raffle (or your local currency) upon completion. You will be asked to recall and answer questions about a specific memory of group musical performance. You will also be asked about your musical expertise.
Pictured: George Day, JUNGLE
Participant Information
Description of research
We will ask you some background questions. We will then ask you to think about specific group musical experiences and some answer questions about them. You will then see a series of statements and rate how well each one of them describes how you felt during those experiences. We will then ask you to answer some more questions on your musical background and expertise.
The entire process will take around 10 minutes. If at any time during the process you need assistance, please email kleinl1 @ mcmaster.ca.
Potential Harms:
The risks of participating are minimal. You may choose to not answer questions on the questionnaires if they make you feel uncomfortable. There is a risk that someone else in the vicinity of your workspace or who has access to your computer could see your responses; to minimize this risk, it is recommended that you complete the questionnaire in a private place and clear your web browser's history after submitting your responses
Potential Benefits
The results will not benefit you directly but will increase our understanding of how people interact when playing music together, which is important for understanding human behaviour and building healthy societies. You
will have the option to enter a raffle to win a $50 gift card.
Results
Any results from this study that are published in the future can be accessed via https://livelab.mcmaster.ca/. You can also indicate in the consent section if you wish to receive newsletters summarizing the results of this and other studies conducted in the LIVELab.
Data confidentiality
Your responses will only be identifiable by your unique participant code and the researcher will not know who corresponds to what participant code. All potentially identifying data will be kept confidential and securely stored in the LIVELab and may be used for future research. Data may be uploaded to an online repository and made publicly available however all raw survey data will go through a process of determining potential identifiability and an anonymous dataset created prior to sharing.
Confidentiality will be respected and no information that discloses your identity will be released or published without your consent, unless required by law (for example, laws pertaining to the protection of vulnerable individuals including children). Data collected by LimeSurvey is stored on secure servers at McMaster University. All data will remain in Dr. Trainor's lab, stored in de-identified form for possible future analysis, until such time as they are destroyed.
Participation and Withdrawal
Participation in research is voluntary. If you choose to participate, you are free to withdraw from the study at any time without any negative consequences, even after consenting. You can withdraw at any point in the survey by clicking the link at the top-right corner of LimeSurvey labelled “Exit and clear survey”. If you withdraw, your data will not be collected and any other data you have submitted will be deleted. However, once you have completed and submitted the survey you can no longer withdraw as the data is stored anonymously and does not contain any identifying information, making it impossible for us to identify which is your data.
Contact Information
This study has been reviewed by the McMaster University Research Ethics Board and received ethics clearance (MREB #7202). If you have concerns or questions about your rights as a participant or about the way the study is conducted, please contact.