Margaret Osborne

‘It’s not so scary anymore. It’s actually exhilarating’: A proof-of-concept study using virtual reality technology for music performance training under pressure

Margaret Osborne, Solange Glasser, Benjamin Loveridge

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  ASCILITE 2022 Conference Proceedings

Extended lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic severely ruptured the capacity of performing artists to connect with peer..

Mindfulness and Nonattachment-To-Self in Athletes: Can Letting Go Build Well-being and Self-actualization?

Kelsey Lewis, Courtney Walton, Gavin Slemp, Margaret Osborne

Journal article  |  2022  |  Mindfulness

Objectives Many athletes seek to embody a mindful state when competing. However, amidst competitive pressures and demands to perfo..

Sources of self-efficacy in class and studio music lessons

Anneliese Gill, Margaret Osborne, Gary McPherson

Journal article  |  2022  |  RESEARCH STUDIES IN MUSIC EDUCATION

Self-efficacy is a key factor in performance success, yet little is known about how music educators nurture students’ self-belief ..

Nail it down the middle: Supporting musicians’ psychological wellbeing

Margaret Osborne

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Osborne, M.S. (2022, 28 September). Nail it down the middle: Supporting musicians’ psychological wellbeing. Keynote presented at the Australian Music & Psychology Society Virtual Conference 2022, 28 September, online http://amps.org.au/conference-2022/

The constraints that arise from performance anxiety range from mildly unpleasant feelings, pervasive psychological and physical in..

Investigating the Relationship Between Childhood Music Practice and Pitch-Naming Ability in Professional Musicians and a Population-Based Twin Sample

Jane E Bairnsfather, Fredrik Ullen, Margaret S Osborne, Sarah J Wilson, Miriam A Mosing

Journal article  |  2022  |  TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS

The relationship between pitch-naming ability and childhood onset of music training is well established and thought to reflect bot..

Self-Compassionate Motivation and Athlete Well-Being: The Critical Role of Distress Tolerance

Courtney C Walton, Kelsey J Lewis, James Kirby, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M Rice, Margaret S Osborne

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

This cross-sectional study explored athlete responses to the Compassion Motivation and Action Scales Self-Compassion Scale, examin..

Assessing Psychological Flexibility with the Musician's Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (MAAQ).

David Juncos, Joanna Roman, Margaret Osborne, Dana Zenobi

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Juncos, D.G., Roman, J. B., Zenobi, D. & Osborne, M.S. (2022, 14 June). Assessing Psychological Flexibility with the Musician's Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (MAAQ). Poster presented at the Association for Contextual Behavior Science World Conference 14 - 19 June 2022, San Francisco. https://doi.org/10.26188/20280318

Performance anxiety, low motivation to practice, psychological distress, perfectionism, and having to endure adjudicated exams/aud..

Music Performance Anxiety

Margaret S Osborne, Jennifer Kirsner

Media  |  2022

Music Performance Anxiety

Margaret Osborne, Jennifer Kirsner

Book Chapter  |  2022

Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a pervasive and frequently debilitating difficulty faced by many performers associated with neg..

Ethical considerations for sustainable music training using VR technology: a case study of performance anxiety.

Margaret Osborne, Solange Glasser, Ben Loveridge

Conference Proceedings  |  2022

Presentation given at the 2022 Teaching Music Online in Higher Education (TMOHE) and Music, Education and Technology (MET) online ..