@article{ref1,
title="The impact of suicidal rock music lyrics on youth: an investigation of individual differences",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2008",
author="Peterson, Rebecca J. and Safer, M. A. and Jobes, David A.",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="161-169",
abstract="This study attempted to predict reactions after listening to music with lyrics about suicide. One hundred and twenty-six volunteers completed self-reports of personality and mood, and then listened to the music. Afterwards, they completed projective stories, self-reports of moods and reactions, and a memory test for the lyrics. Low openness to experience, and to a lesser extent, high neuroticism and low self-esteem predicted higher levels of suicide-related content in projective story-writing, as did knowing a suicide victim. Both the personality measures and post-listening mood predicted remembering too many nihilistic lyrics. Surprisingly, 68% of participants wrote at least one projective story with altruistic content. Individual differences were modestly associated with suicidal thoughts after listening to the music.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110701857533",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110701857533"
}