The Influence of Music Preference on the Aggression of G12 GAS Students in Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School Integrated Senior High School S.Y. 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Aggression is over, often harmful, social interaction, with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In humans, frustration can cause aggression. People are attracted to music that is congruent with their needs, desires, and values. Over time and with repeated exposure, listeners' attitudes and values gradually come to conform to those represented in the music. Their music preference is connected to their current mood. Most of the student can get easily affected because of too much commitment to music without noticing it by themselves. However, available literature on this subject is still limited specifically for adolescent local music lovers.

METHODS

The researchers used a descriptive research design. The participants of the study were the Senior High School students of the Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School-Integrated Senior High School, School Year 2018-2019. To obtain a good representation of the student the researchers decided to randomly picked 114 respondents who are under Senior High School and considered as the sample population of the study. The researchers used a validated aggression scale and demographic survey questionnaire as instruments to gather the data.

RESULTS

Among the varied music genre existing, four genres were found out to be the common preference among the senior high school students namely: pop, OPM, rock, and classical. Based on the data gathered, the majority of the respondents preferred pop music the most, and rock music the least. Scores gathered from the aggression scale were grouped according to their music preferences and was analyzed using Pearson R. The calculated Pearson R was -0.0284 which indicates little or no correlation.

DISCUSSIONS

Basing from the value of Pearson R obtained, it can be noted that there is a negligible correlation between one's music preference and his/her aggression. In other words, to conclude that one has aggressive behavior simply because he/she prefers to listen to a lot of rock music or one is gentle because he/she listens to classical music has no statistical basis. Implications of this research pave the way to further investigation on one's aggressive behavior and the possible factors that may affect/cause this behavior such as childhood experience, nature of the neighborhood, parenting styles, etc.