Hopelessness is a product of negative future expectations, negative feelings toward the future, and feeling a lack of control over future improvements. College students are seen to experience hopelessness. This study aimed to reduce levels of hopelessness in college students through an intervention that involved listening to songs having hopeful lyrics. The sample consisted of college students (N = 66), who were randomly assigned to three groups, namely the lyrics-music group, music-only group, and the control group (no intervention). The Beck’s Hopelessness Scale was used to measure their levels of hopelessness before the intervention and at the end of four weeks. The lyrics-music group and the music group participants were exposed to songs and instrumental tracks, respectively, twice a week, for four weeks. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test for related samples was used to analyze the effect of the intervention on levels of hopelessness. The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to analyze the differences across the three groups. Results indicated that the lyrics-music group had a significant decrease in levels of hopelessness after the intervention. However, the music group and the control group showed no significant decrease. There was a significant difference between the three groups with regard to the difference score obtained from pre to post intervention. Thus, the evidence suggests that hopeful lyrics do have an effect on hopelessness and can be seen as differing from the functions of music alone.

Hopelessness is a product of negative future expectations, negative feelings toward the future, and feeling a lack of control over future improvements. College students are seen to experience hopelessness. This study aimed to reduce levels of hopelessness in college students through an intervention that involved listening to songs having hopeful lyrics. The sample consisted of college students (N = 66), who were randomly assigned to three groups, namely the lyrics-music group, music-only group, and the control group (no intervention). The Beck’s Hopelessness Scale was used to measure their levels of hopelessness before the intervention and at the end of four weeks. The lyrics-music group and the music group participants were exposed to songs and instrumental tracks, respectively, twice a week, for four weeks. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test for related samples was used to analyze the effect of the intervention on levels of hopelessness. The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to analyze the differences across the three groups. Results indicated that the lyrics-music group had a significant decrease in levels of hopelessness after the intervention. However, the music group and the control group showed no significant decrease. There was a significant difference between the three groups with regard to the difference score obtained from pre to post intervention. Thus, the evidence suggests that hopeful lyrics do have an effect on hopelessness and can be seen as differing from the functions of music alone.

Hopelessness is a product of negative future expectations, negative feelings toward the future, and feeling a lack of control over future improvements. College students are seen to experience hopelessness. This study aimed to reduce levels of hopelessness in college students through an intervention that involved listening to songs having hopeful lyrics. The sample consisted of college students (N = 66), who were randomly assigned to three groups, namely the lyrics-music group, music-only group, and the control group (no intervention). The Beck’s Hopelessness Scale was used to measure their levels of hopelessness before the intervention and at the end of four weeks. The lyrics-music group and the music group participants were exposed to songs and instrumental tracks, respectively, twice a week, for four weeks. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test for related samples was used to analyze the effect of the intervention on levels of hopelessness. The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to analyze the differences across the three groups. Results indicated that the lyrics-music group had a significant decrease in levels of hopelessness after the intervention. However, the music group and the control group showed no significant decrease. There was a significant difference between the three groups with regard to the difference score obtained from pre to post intervention. Thus, the evidence suggests that hopeful lyrics do have an effect on hopelessness and can be seen as differing from the functions of music alone.

绝望是消极的未来期望、对未来的消极情绪以及对未来改进缺乏控制感的产物。大学生被认为经历了绝望。这项研究旨在通过一项干预措施来降低大学生的绝望程度，该干预涉及聆听歌词充满希望的歌曲。样本由大学生（N = 66）组成，他们被随机分配到三组，即歌词音乐组、纯音乐组和对照组（无干预）。贝克绝望量表用于衡量他们在干预前和四个星期结束时的绝望程度。歌词音乐组和音乐组参与者分别每周两次接触歌曲和器乐曲目，持续四个星期。相关样本的 Wilcoxon Signed-Rank 检验用于分析干预对绝望水平的影响。Kruskal-Wallis 检验用于分析三组之间的差异。结果表明，歌词-音乐组在干预后的绝望水平显着降低。但音乐组和对照组没有明显下降。三组之间在干预前后的差异得分方面存在显着差异。因此，有证据表明，充满希望的歌词确实对绝望有影响，并且可以被视为与音乐本身的功能不同。Kruskal-Wallis 检验用于分析三组之间的差异。结果表明，歌词-音乐组在干预后的绝望水平显着降低。但音乐组和对照组没有明显下降。三组之间在干预前后的差异得分方面存在显着差异。因此，有证据表明，充满希望的歌词确实对绝望有影响，并且可以被视为与音乐本身的功能不同。Kruskal-Wallis 检验用于分析三组之间的差异。结果表明，歌词-音乐组在干预后的绝望水平显着降低。但音乐组和对照组没有明显下降。三组之间在干预前后的差异得分方面存在显着差异。因此，有证据表明，充满希望的歌词确实对绝望有影响，并且可以被视为与音乐本身的功能不同。三组之间在干预前后的差异得分方面存在显着差异。因此，有证据表明，充满希望的歌词确实对绝望有影响，并且可以被视为与音乐本身的功能不同。三组之间在干预前后的差异得分方面存在显着差异。因此，有证据表明，充满希望的歌词确实对绝望有影响，并且可以被视为与音乐本身的功能不同。