Open AccessThe Effect of Classical and Jazz Background-Music on Concentration and Reading Comprehension in Young Adult Women
Author(s) -
Harijadi Pramono,
Julia W. Gunadi,
Oeij Anindita Adhika,
Yenni Limyati,
Herlina Gisela,
Vica Christia Dewi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medicine and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2442-5257
DOI - 10.28932/jmh.v2i4.1826
Subject(s) - jazz , classical music , reading comprehension , psychology , reading (process) , test (biology) , comprehension , developmental psychology , audiology , cognitive psychology , linguistics , literature , medicine , art , visual arts , philosophy , musical , paleontology , biology
Classical and jazz music activates ? brain wave that stimulate the excretion of ?-endorphins that has a role in increasing the alertness and attention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of classical and jazz background-music to the concentration and reading comprehension. This is a quasi experimental study, with pre-test and post-test design, performed on 30 young adult women. The measured data were Addition and reading comprehension test scores before and while listening to music. Data were analyzed using paired t-test with and non paired t-test with ?=0.05. The results showed that there were highly significant differences of Addition Test score (547.73) and reading comprehension test score (80.33) with classical music background; Addition Test score (577.47) and reading comprehension test score (78.33) with jazz music background compared to pre-treatment of classical (457.57; 61.67) (p 0.05). We concluded classical and jazz background music improve concentration and reading comprehension in young adult women, with no significant differences in both types of background music.
Keywords: concentration, reading comprehension, background music, classical, jazz