Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 39 no. 9 (2025)

Benefits of Background Music While Studying Lessons of Selected College Students in a Private Institution in Gumaca, Quezon

Mai Rose Timoteo | Melchor Espiritu | Maria Celerina Oreta | Donata Cadag

Discipline: others in psychology

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine benefits of background music while studying lessons of selected college students in a private institution in Gumaca Quezon. The study involved 80 college students from Eastern Quezon College; Inc located in Penafrancia Gumaca Quezon. The researcher used questionnaires to gather reliable data to be answered by the target respondents. The proportionate random sampling was used to gather the data needed to determine the benefits of background music while studying lessons. Most respondents were female (57%) while the remaining are male (43%). The highest frequency according to age with the range of 20- 21 years old (68%), and the lowest frequency according to age with the range of 22 years old and above (26%). Majority of respondents were enrolled in BSBA (44%), and the lowest is BEED (16%). The result indicates that, in terms Memory Retention, the most significant benefits of background music while studying helps them to retain information easily with a mean score of 4.05. Regarding Concentration, students reduce stress and improve their mood with a mean score of 4.74. For Cognitive Performance, background music was found to enhance creative thinking, with a mean score of 4.14. This implies that the age of respondents could be a factor in how background music affects their studying experience. The same when it is grouped according to sex and program as it was shown that the null hypothesis is rejected. The findings suggest that most students use background music to reduce their stress and improve their mood.



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