TY - JOUR AU - Pramono, Harijadi AU - Gunadi, Julia W AU - Adhika, Oeij A AU - Limyati, Yenni AU - Gisela, Herlina AU - Dewi, Vica C PY - 2019/08/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Effect of Classical and Jazz Background-Music on Concentration and Reading Comprehension in Young Adult Women JF - Journal of Medicine and Health JA - J. Med. Health VL - 2 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.28932/jmh.v2i4.1826 UR - https://journal.maranatha.edu/index.php/jmh/article/view/1826 SP - AB - <p>Classical and jazz music activates ? brain wave that stimulate the excretion of ?-endorphins that has a role in increasing the alertness and attention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of classical and jazz background-music to the concentration and reading comprehension. This is a quasi experimental study, with pre-test and post-test design, performed on 30 young adult women. The measured data were Addition and reading comprehension test scores before and while listening to music. Data were analyzed using paired t-test with and non paired t-test with ?=0.05. The results showed that there were highly significant differences of Addition Test score (547.73) and reading comprehension test score (80.33) with classical music background; Addition Test score (577.47) and reading comprehension test score (78.33) with jazz music background compared to pre-treatment of classical (457.57; 61.67) (p&lt;0.01); and jazz music (538.07; 65.00) (p&lt;0.01) respectively. The comparison of both types of music showed no difference of Addition Test score and reading comprehension test score (p&gt;0.05). We concluded classical and jazz background music improve concentration and reading comprehension in young adult women, with no significant differences in both types of background music.</p><p><br>Keywords: concentration, reading comprehension, background music, classical, jazz</p> ER -