title: Problem music and self-harming.
abstract: Academics and protest groups have claimed that "problem music" (hard rock, hip hop/rap, & punk) causes self-injurious thoughts/behaviors among fans. In this study we investigated whether the relationship is mediated by self-esteem, delinquency, and conservatism; and whether first exposure to problem music preceded self-injurious thoughts. A liking for problem music was associated with four of the five self-injurious measures, although these significant relationships were weakened (into nonsignificance in the case of two self-injurious measures) when the mediating variables were included. Listening to problem music did not precede self-injurious thoughts. Problem music is associated with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, but this relationship is mediated by other factors and the former does not seem to cause the latter.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. a.north@le.ac.uk
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hargreaves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D011057:Politics; D012649:Self Concept; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology