Passion for Violently Themed Music and Psychological Well-Being: A Survey Analysis
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Authors should improve:
1. The title of the article should be related to the research they present. Including the term: "Analysis" of the research.
2. In the abstract and key words, the "measures" used should be included.
3. The objective of the study must be included.
4. The wording should be clearer in the introduction and discussion in relation to the objective and object of the study.
5. The socioeconomic level, studies of the sample are not known, in order to consider that the results that are offered are not known.
6. The conclusions section is excessively brief and irrelevant to the regression analysis carried out.
7. The authors should be aware of the limitation of the study. The authors should be aware of the limitation of the study, as they have carried out a study in which their participation has been incentivized with economic rewards.
8. The references section should be expanded with current references 2022, 2021, and 2020.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The authors investigated the relations between the type of passion for music (harmonious vs. obsessive), types of listening experiences (positive vs. negative) and wellbeing. They found that positive experiences brought by harmonious passion fully mediate wellbeing, and negative experiences from obsessive passions partially mediate illbeing.
I found this an interesting, well-motivated, rigorous, well-written and clearly presented study. The practical implications are also relevant. I have a few minor concerns, that I present below.
Abstract
A short explanation of what harmonious vs. obsessive passion means might increase comprehension.
Introduction
Lns 38-39- “thus…”: it is not obvious why this is a consequence of the previous propositions. Do the Authors mean that attention has been paid to sad music, but not so much to violent music?
Methods
I wonder if the operationalization of illbeing as anxiety and depression (and wellbeing as vitality etc.) only is the best way to label the variables. Given that variables are continuous (forgive me if I am wrong), are they all not potentially about well- and illbeing, depending on values being above or below the norms – e-g-, low satisfaction is illbeing?
Results and discussion
How do the Authors interpret the significant correlation between harmonious and obsessive passion? In addition, is this a “comparison” (ln 275), or an association?
Do the Authors have any interpretation for having full mediation in the harmonious passion path and partial mediation in the obsessive path?
Table c1
Are these internal consistency coefficients? They look more like estimates and confidence intervals.
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The article can be published if it is considered : A descriptive-exploratory case study on the passion of violent-themed music and the psychological well-being it produces.
The summary and conclusions have been improved according to the indications made.
Author Response
We would like to proceed without making further changes to our title. We believe the new suggestion is inaccurate and misleading, so unsuitable as a title. Our existing title, in contrast, is accurate and we thank Reviewer 1 for the suggestion in the first round of reviews.
To explain why the new suggestion is not appropriate:
- The word “descriptive” is inaccurate. Our study reports a number of inferential statistics such as regression and path analysis.
- The word “exploratory” is also inaccurate. Our study is driven by a priori hypotheses developed from theory and previous research. These hypotheses are clearly outlined and discussed in our manuscript and motivate the inferential statistical analysis.
- The word “case study” is, again, inappropriate. Case studies typically describe a single participant or subject. Our study comprises 177 participants who fall within our recruitment criteria as fans of music with violent themes. 177 participants hardly constitute a “case study”.
Given these reasons, we feel strongly about retaining the title used in our most recent revised manuscript: “Passion, Music, and Psychological Well-Being in Fans of Violently Themed Music: A Survey Analysis”.
We hope you will support our decision, but please let us know if you feel the issue warrants further discussion.
