Blood Groups and Music Listening: Effects on Physical and Mental Health, Well-being and Positivity

By : Manish Kumar Singh, Uma Gupta

Page No: 125-140

Abstract 
The major objectives of the study were to explore and compare the effects of music listening on the measures of physical health, mental health, well-being and positivity across blood groups, viz., O, A, B, and AB blood groups. In each blood group there were 28 participants; they were drawn from the initial blood testing of 200 postgraduate students. The participants listened to flute music for 30 minutes a day for 20 days. Pre- and post- music intervention treatment design was used for assessments on the dependent variables. The study led to the following conclusions: (1) persons having O blood group have in general higher levels of blood pressure, heart rate, perceived stress, anxiety and depression, and lesser levels of well-being measures, resilience and self-efficacy; persons having B blood group have also similar characteristics but to a slightly lesser degree. Listening to slow-paced flute music leads to more intensified effects in persons having O blood group in terms of decrease in blood pressure and heart rate, reduction in perceived stress, anxiety and depression, and enhancement of positive affect (well-being measures, resilience and self-efficacy); similar effects were found for persons having B blood group but the effects were statistically significant for seven dependent variables out of a total of eleven dependent variables; (2) persons having A and AB blood groups have in general normal or lesser levels of blood pressure, heart rate, perceived stress, anxiety and depression, and higher levels of well-being measures, resilience and self-efficacy. Music listening does not lead to any statistically significant effect in persons having A and AB blood groups.

Authors :
Manish Kumar Singh : Assistant Professor – School of Social Sciences, Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
Uma Gupta : Professor – Department of Siddhant Darshan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2023.18.01.13