A comparison of the effect of enhancing working memory and emotionalself regulation in lower secondary school students between listening to thai country music with and without lyrics
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of listening to
Thai country music with and without lyrics on working memory and on the
emotional-self regulation of lower secondary school students. The sample consisted
of sixty lower secondary school students from Nang Rong School, Buriram Province.
Participants were divided into three groups including Thai country music with lyrics
group (n=20), Thai country music without lyrics group (n=20), and a control group
(n=20) who received no listening material. The research instruments were Thai
country music program, Corsi block task, and emotional regulation questionnaire for
children and adolescents (ERQ-CA). Data were analyzed by using t-tests and one-way
ANOVA.
It was found that after the experiment, the Thai country music with lyrics
and the Thai country music without lyrics groups exhibited a significant increase in
correct scores on the working memory and average scores of emotional-self
regulation when compared to the before-experiment condition (p < .05). In addition,
after the experiment, the Thai country music with lyrics group exhibited a significant
increase in correct scores on working memory when compared to the Thai country
music without lyrics group (p < .01), and to the control group (p < .05). The Thai
country music with lyrics and the Thai country music without lyrics groups exhibited
a significant increase in average scores of emotional-self regulation when compared
to those of the control group (p < .05). It can be concluded that Thai country music
with lyrics listening can enhance working memory and emotional-self regulation in
lower secondary school students.