Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Gillis, Amanda J.
Author's Email Address	amanda-joelle@hotmail.com
URN	etd-07212010-125157
Title	The Effect of Background Music and Reading Comprehension and Self-Report of College Students
Degree	Master of Music
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jayne Standley Committee Chair Alice-Ann Darrow Committee Member Diane Gregory Committee Member
Keywords	Cognitive Instrumental Lyrical
Date of Defense	2010-07-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The study investigated the effects of background music on reading comprehension skills of college students. Seventy-one participants read a health related article in one of three conditions: silence, music with lyrics, and music without lyrics. After reading the article, participants completed a demographic questionnaire. Participants in the music conditions completed an additional music questionnaire. To test reading comprehension, participants were asked to answer five multiple choice and five true/false questions pertaining to the reading. It was hypothesized that participants in the silence condition would perform better than participants in the music condition. Results indicated that there were no significant differences among groups.
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