Listening to a popular upbeat song can lead to more adaptive cognitive inferences for stressful events in non-clinical adult populations.
Elizabeth R SmithLily M BrouderCiara E LawlorGerald J HaeffelPublished in: The British journal of clinical psychology (2023)
Taken together (Studies 2 and 3), results indicate it may be useful for future research to test the extent to which familiar upbeat music can be helpful during cognitive restructuring activities in psychotherapy to nudge people to generate more adaptive cognitions.