Glasbeniki in blagostanje: pregled literature / Musicians and psychological well-being: Systematic review

The purpose of this article is to review the studies that are related to the research of well-being in professional musicians and students of music who are on their way to starting their professional careers in music. Currently, there aren‘t many such studies available, but their number is growing rapidly. Psychological well-being is a topic that has become popular with professional musicians in the last ten years, while interest in this field of research has been growing. Based on the analysed scientific and research sources, we can conclude that the latter sources are based on different theoretical assumptions about well-being, as a uniform and generally accepted definition of well-being hasn‘t been adopted yet. So far, all studies have focused on a wide range of participants with diverse characteristics, in which identifying factors have been found that have an influence on whether the levels of one‘s well-being are low or high, as well as provide a base for planning an introduction to applying appropriate forms of intervention to raise one‘s level of well-being. One of the key aspects of moderating well-being is the relational aspect. Studies performed so far have made it clear that, in the future, we may expect an increase in the development of interest, as well as conducted research, in the field of well-being in musicians; moreover, we may expect the development of more clearly defined forms of intervention that would lead to increased levels of well-being in musicians, starting at the level of musical education and moving forward.