ESP-3741

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Pan, Y., & Daoruang, K. (2025). Interdisciplinary dialogue between musical morphology and social psychology: Taking Bach’s suite compositional paradigm as an example. Environment and Social Psychology, 10(5), ESP-3741. https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i5.3741

Interdisciplinary dialogue between musical morphology and social psychology: Taking Bach's suite compositional paradigm as an example

Yanhong Pan

Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Bangkok, Thailand

Krisada Daoruang

Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Bangkok, Thailand


DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i5.3741


Keywords: bach suites; musical morphology; social psychology; environmental psychology; interdisciplinary research; spatial perception

Abstract

This study explores the correspondence and application value between musical morphological characteristics in Bach's suite compositional paradigm and social psychological phenomena through an interdisciplinary perspective. The research employs diverse methodologies, combining musical analysis, experimental psychology, and neuroscience techniques to systematically examine how cyclic structures, thematic variations, principles of contrast, polyphonic textures, and narrative structures in Bach's suites influence listeners' cognitive processes, emotional experiences, and social behaviors. Experimental results demonstrate significant correlations between Bach's morphological features and environmental psychology concepts of spatial perception, adaptive mechanisms, and order construction (r=0.76-0.92, p<0.001). Specifically, strong empirical support was obtained for the correspondence between cyclic structure and spatial perception (r=0.89), the functional connection between thematic variation and environmental adaptability (β=0.87), and the construction of social order sense through voice hierarchy (r=0.88). Bach's principles of contrast showed significant formative effects on emotional regulation capacity (d=2.04), while polyphonic structures effectively enhanced pluralistic social cognition (average increase of 50 points, p<0.001), and narrative structures demonstrated systematic effects in social environment adaptation (average increase of 27.5 points). Based on these findings, the research successfully transformed Bach's musical morphological principles into innovative application schemes for environmental design, social interaction, and stress management, with experimental validation showing significantly better effects than traditional methods (38.4%-58.2% improvement, p<0.001). This study not only enriches the theoretical connotations of musical morphology and social psychology but also establishes systematic conceptual mapping relationships between the two fields, while providing innovative paradigms based on musical morphology for environmental design, social organization, and mental health promotion. The research results support the possibility of viewing Bach's suites as microscopic models of social environments, opening new pathways for interdisciplinary dialogue between music and psychology, with important implications for future cross-domain research and practical applications.

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