A Study on the Correlation Between Music Performance Stress and Elementary Pre-Service Teacher’s Music Education Self-Efficacy

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between music performance stress and elementary pre-service teacher’s music education self-efficacy. The subjects of this study were 237 elementary pre-service teachers. The followings are the findings of this study: First, 39%(n=29) of male and 88%(n=145) of female elementary pre-service teachers had attended private piano institute before they entered the university of education. Second the music performance stress was higher in male elementary pre-service teachers(23.54) than female elementary pre-service teachers(21.48). These results show that male elementary pre-service teachers are more stressed about music performance than female elementary pre-service teachers. The correlation between music performance stress and elementary pre-service teacher’s music education self-efficacy were investigated using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. There was a strong negative correlation between stress on music performance and elementary pre-service teacher’s music subject self-efficacy(r = -.504, n =237, p < .01).