1. Happy mood maintenance
2. Revival and relaxation
3. Diversion or distraction
4. Emotional discharge and disclosure
5. Mental work
6. Solace
7. Energizing and "psyching up"

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The nature of regulation provided by music stayed relatively the same throughout adulthood. This includes the regulatory goals and strategies. 

First Trend of Music as Emotional regulation throughout adulthood

  Saarikallio, S. (2011). Music as emotional self-regulation throughout adulthood. Psychology of Music, 39(3), 307–327. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735610374894


Music as emotional self-regulation throughout adulthood

Music emotion regulated strategies

1. Large selection of different regulatory strategies
2. Music selected based on current mood not target mood
3. The regulation's goal is mood improvement 
4. Emotional components are interconnected
5. Music is a part of different phases of the emotional process

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