Embodied Awareness and Anxiety in Advanced Flute Students Preparing for an Exam

Michel A. Cara's dataset captures a six-week study of five advanced flute students (aged 21–26) from a Chilean university. It includes weekly student logbooks detailing their learning process and repeated self-report ratings of anxiety and self-confidence on a 1–10 scale. The data was collected in the Valparaíso Region, Chile, and last updated on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in anxiety and self-confidence over time based on weekly self-report ratings
• Studying the role of embodied awareness in learning strategies based on qualitative logbook entries
• Investigating the relationship between breathing control, muscle tension, and reported anxiety levels
• Exploring self-regulation and motivational processes across different stages of musical preparation

Strengths

• Includes longitudinal data collected over a six-week period
• Combines quantitative self-report ratings (1–10 scale) with qualitative logbook data
• Focuses on a specific, understudied population of advanced music students

Limitations

• Very small sample size of only five participants
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown
• Data is contained in a PDF file, which may require extraction for analysis

Provenance

Source

Michel A. Cara via figshare

Collection Method

Data collected via weekly student logbooks and repeated self-report ratings.

Time Range

Study conducted over six weeks; specific dates unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:23:38

Geography

Valparaíso Region, Chile