Abstract
The present study investigated the mediating role of emotion regulation between uses of music and flourish in university students. It was hypothesized that there would likely to be a relationship between uses of music, emotion regulation, and flourish; and emotion regulation would mediate the relation among uses of music and flourish. A cross-sectional design was employed. Urdu versions of Uses of Music Inventory (Chamorro- Premuzic & Furnham, 2007), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003), and PERMA (Butler & Kern, 2015) were used. A convenient sample of 200 students including 89 men and 111 women with the age range of 18-26 years (M = 20.98, SD = 2.06) was drawn from the private and public Universities of Lahore. Results of Pearson Product moment correlation exhibited that there was a significant positive relationship between uses of music, emotion regulation, and flourish. The SEM results through AMOS revealed that emotion regulation was found to be a significant mediator between uses of music and flourish. The study would be useful to broaden the knowledge about the beneficial effects of everyday music engagement on the mental health.
Keyword(s)
Uses of Music, emotion regulation, Flourish, university students