Subject: [AUDITORY] Call for papers: Mental Health, Motivation, and Performance in Music Students and Professional Musicians From: =?utf-8?Q?Krzysztof_Basi=C5=84ski?= <k.basinski@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:55:05 +0200--Apple-Mail=_ADBA485F-BCF2-4A34-ABB0-7739B7D86301 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Colleagues, Since many of you work within music psychology or music neuroscience, we = would like to call your attention to a Research Topic recently open in = Frontiers in Psychology titled Mental Health, Motivation, and = Performance in Music Students and Professional Musicians. This Research = Topic aims to synthesize and deepen a scientific understanding of the = multifaceted determinants of musicians=E2=80=99 (both students and = active professionals) health and quality of life as well as the = motivational processes involved in music performance. The domains = encompassed by the proposed Research Topic are conducive towards = psychological (including the psychology of music), educational, = personality, clinical, health and wellbeing, neurophysiological, social, = or cross-cultural perspectives. We encourage submissions addressing, but = not limited to, the following themes: Performance-related stress and anxiety =E2=80=A2 Music performance stress =E2=80=A2 Music performance anxiety =E2=80=A2 Pre-performance anxiety =E2=80=A2 Stage fright =E2=80=A2 Musician trait anxiety =E2=80=A2 Musician negative affect =E2=80=A2 Motivation and engagement Musician self-efficacy =E2=80=A2 Musician motivation and perfectionism =E2=80=A2 Study addiction among musicians =E2=80=A2 Harmonious and obsessive passion among musicians =E2=80=A2 Problematic behaviours among young musicians =E2=80=A2 Health, wellbeing, and coping Musician health =E2=80=A2 Musician coping strategies =E2=80=A2 Musician social support and social stressors =E2=80=A2 Music engagement and subjective wellbeing We welcome Original Research, Reviews, Meta-Analyses, Theoretical = articles, Opinion pieces, and Methodological papers that directly = address the Research Topic. More information can be found on the Research Topic webpage here: = https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/78639/mental-health-motivation= -and-performance-in-music-students-and-professional-musicians We look forward to your submissions until 23 November 2026 Topic co-editors: Rafa=C5=82 Lawendowski Krzysztof Basi=C5=84ski Oswaldo Lorenzo Quiles Jo=C3=A3o Fortunato Soares-Quadros Jr.= --Apple-Mail=_ADBA485F-BCF2-4A34-ABB0-7739B7D86301 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, = Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since many of you work within music = psychology or music neuroscience, we would like to call your attention = to a Research Topic recently open in Frontiers in Psychology = titled <strong>Mental Health, Motivation, and Performance in Music = Students and Professional Musicians. </strong>This Research Topic = aims to synthesize and deepen a scientific understanding of the = multifaceted determinants of musicians=E2=80=99 (both students and = active professionals) health and quality of life as well as the = motivational processes involved in music performance. The domains = encompassed by the proposed Research Topic are conducive towards = psychological (including the psychology of music), educational, = personality, clinical, health and wellbeing, neurophysiological, social, = or cross-cultural perspectives. We encourage submissions addressing, but = not limited to, the following themes:</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Performance-related stress and = anxiety</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Music performance stress</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Music = performance anxiety</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Pre-performance anxiety</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Stage = fright</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Musician trait anxiety</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Musician = negative affect</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Motivation and engagement</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musician = self-efficacy</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Musician motivation and perfectionism</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Study = addiction among musicians</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, = Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Harmonious and obsessive passion among = musicians</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Problematic behaviours among young = musicians</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Health, wellbeing, and coping</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musician = health</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Musician coping strategies</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Musician = social support and social stressors</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=E2=80=A2 Music engagement and subjective = wellbeing</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">We welcome Original Research, Reviews, Meta-Analyses, = Theoretical articles, Opinion pieces, and Methodological papers that = directly address the Research Topic.</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More information can be found on the = Research Topic webpage here: <a = href=3D"https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/78639/mental-health-mo= tivation-and-performance-in-music-students-and-professional-musicians">htt= ps://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/78639/mental-health-motivation-an= d-performance-in-music-students-and-professional-musicians</a></div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We look forward to = your submissions until 23 November 2026</div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: = Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Topic co-editors:</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rafa=C5=82 = Lawendowski</div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, = sans-serif;">Krzysztof Basi=C5=84ski<br>Oswaldo Lorenzo Quiles</div><div = style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jo=C3=A3o Fortunato = Soares-Quadros Jr.</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_ADBA485F-BCF2-4A34-ABB0-7739B7D86301--