The effect of kinds of music on improving some psychological indices in female high school students during performing intense endurance training

Today, It has paid attention to using different kinds of music in sport and rehabilitation domain. But the results of studies about the effectiveness of kinds of music are different. This study aimed at investigating the effect of listening to four kinds of music (sedative, brain wave stimulator, motivational, and mixed) during performing intense endurance physical activity on improving one’s perception of exertion and time, fatigue severity, state of feeling vigor, fatigue. In this research, the researcher has compared changes in dependent variables between experimental and control groups. To do this, 10 female students studying at physical education high school in Lorestan province participated in this research voluntarily. Every subject, based on her own ability, performed the intense endurance training (RHIET) until the blood glucose level dropped to the reported index in the literature of study (3.78 Mmol/L). The subjects performed this protocol in a crossed design manner for five days that is one day was for performing and the next day for recovery. One’s perception of exertion and time, fatigue severity, state of feeling vigor, fatigue measured immediately after exercise. The results of this research showed that listening to kinds of music during performing intense endurance physical activity has a significant effect on reduce one’s perception of exertion and time, decreasing fatigue severity, increasing state of feeling vigor, increasing state of feeling fatigue (p<0.05). In general, it can be concluded that music can function as psychological motivator, facilitate positive mood change, and reduce one’s perception of exertion and time. In particular, mixed music has the strongest effect on improving some psychologicalindices during performing intense endurance physical activity.