Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Effect of background music and the cultural preference to music on adolescents task performance Subject The topic of the resource adolescents; Background music; concentration; culture; task performance Description An account of the resource There is a plethora of research assessesing the effect of background music on task performance; however, these results have largely been inconclusive and divided. Music is a powerful medium that possesses a lot of positive benefits. This paper addresses the gaps in the existing literature and attempts to explore the effect of background music on adolescents performance in a reading comprehension task. It also examines the role of culture in the said effect of performance, by assessing whether ones own culture leads to a better performance when compared to both silence and music from a different culture. To this end, an experimental study was conducted on 34 adolescents between the ages of 1314 (M = 13.50, SD = 0.50). The results indicate that a strong positive effect is achieved on task performance when background music is present, especially one that identifies with the participants cultural background. 2020, 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor &amp; Francis Group. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mohan A.; Thomas E. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Vol-25, No. 1, pp. 562-573. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1689368" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1689368</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075374430&amp;doi=10.1080%2F02673843.2019.1689368&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=de66af1eef1c32a342146f9db29a0c8f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075374430&amp;doi=10.1080%2f02673843.2019.1689368&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=de66af1eef1c32a342146f9db29a0c8f</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 2673843 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Mohan A., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Thomas E., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India