Contextualized music listening: playlists and the Mehrabian and Russell model

Psychology of Well-Being

Theory, Research and Practice

Table 3 Item loadings from the Varimax rotation principal components factor analysis on the 24 musical descriptor ratings

Item	Factor
Item	1	2
Loud	0.82
Invigorating	0.81
Attention-Grabbing	0.81
Strong Rhythm	0.79
Can dance vigorously to it	0.79
Exciting/Festive	0.77
Relaxing/Peaceful	-0.64
Quiet	-0.74
Sophisticated/Classy		0.75
Natural/Fresh		0.71
Sensual		0.64
Beautiful		0.64
Lilting		0.63
Exotic		0.61
Inspiring/Majestic		0.59
Romantic		0.56
Strong Ethnic Roots		0.52
Moody
Sad
Expresses profound emotions
Happy
Nostalgic
Sentimental
Familiar
Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings	5.61	4.57
% of Variance	23.38	19.06