Perspectives of the Relationship among the Presence of Music, Well-Being and Happiness

Medical and social problem of COVID-19 is currently continued, which is associated with difficult situation for art, culture, music and music therapy. The previous word of music was mousike. In ancient Greek era, some philosophers, Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle gave comments for music, exercise, well-being and happiness. Subjective well-being can be evaluated by physical/mental health, economic/social conditions and human relationships. Furthermore, Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA) model can be applied to music activity. Musicking gives mind/body satisfaction and achieve the self-actualization advocated by psychologist Maslow. The is internal reward which can be obtained from cognitive neuroscience.

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