Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Psychological Effects of Heavy Metal Music




 

Heavy Metal Music Fans always blame that, “Heavy metal is often needlessly blamed for causing psychological problems”. There must be something behind this arguments between two sides. Simply, we learn from here that there must be the truth from a certain side.
Heavy metal is a harder, more intense form of rock music. The term was first introduced in the late 1960s but the genre only really came into its own in the 80s with bands like Slayer, Metallica and Guns ‘n’ Roses at its forefront. Many have voiced their concern regarding the potentially negative psychological effects that listening to this form of music has on the development of adolescents.
Limiting Factors
As with many psychological questions, the problem of cause and effect rears its head. A 1994 study by Took and Weiss cited by the Connect Seward County website found that adolescents with a taste for heavy metal were more likely to perform poorer in school and engage in sexual activity and use of controlled substances. These behaviors would happen anyway, but also the intensity of soundtrack may be concerned in high amount.
Another study, cited by the MUSICA website, supports this idea. It found that low-performing, rebellious adolescents who listened to heavy metal had exhibited behavioral problems after being introduced to heavy metal music.
Negativity
Listening to heavy metal may reinforce existing depressive or anti-social feelings and thoughts, reports Iowa State University, and cause those feelings and thoughts to reoccur in the future. A study by Wooten in 1992 cited by the Connect Seward County website reported that participants with psychiatric disorders who were fans of heavy metal were healed after being exposed to the classical music.
Relationships
According to the researches from Universities and Institutes, there is no evidence that fans of non-heavy metal feel socially isolated. But the main problem is for all fans of heavy metal. Mostly the heavy metal music fans tend to engage in sexual behaviors very early before the planned time.  (SONG OF SOLOMON 1:7)
  In general, the quality of relationship of adolescents in their peer groups is mainly affected by the type of music they are used to listen when they are gathered. Compared to other adolescent groups, the peer groups of heavy metal fans exert a more powerful influence in bad relationships.
Release
According to the last posted lesson (last post), classical the music reduces the blood pressure, is the medicine for the heart and helps in psychological problems for the fans. This subconsciously helps them to cope with the stress and demands of daily life. According to a studies and researches of State Universities, many fans of heavy metal music, tend to show high level of hungry and taking heavy actions to minor things. The classical music fans listen to it when they feel angry. A research found that heavy metal fans show higher levels of anger after listening to this music.
Other studies from Universities suggest that music can normalize whatever emotional state a listener is feeling at the time of listening.

Growth

In a 2003 study carried out by researchers, classical music was found to have a beneficial effect on plant leaf growth. Maize corn exposed to the high sound levels of playing Piano loud speakers showed an 86.2 percent improvement in leaf area. The measured fresh weight of the corn also improved by significant amount. Researchers found the same effect on kidney beans and green beans. The shocking results were obtained from the reverse action by using heavy metal music! It was reverse results!

Germination
Some plant seeds, like those from kidney beans, also benefited from what the researchers termed "slow music." In fact, the kidney bean seeds exposed to this slow music germinated at least 60 percent faster than their control group cousins. This effect was also noted in green beans, though maize corn germinated slower than the control group seeds.
In general heavy metal music is very destructive for human health and all living things in general.
Not only for human, but also for other living things, as we have seen the examples above.
The warning is given; try to stay away from this type of music!
It is destructive for sure.