Granot, RoniSpitz, Daniel H.Cherki, Boaz R.Loui, PsycheTimmers, ReneeSchaefer, Rebecca S.Vuoskoski, Jonna K.Cárdenas-Soler, Ruth-NayibeSoares-Quadros Jr., João F.Li, ShenLega, CarlottaRocca, Stefania LaMartínez, Isabel CeciliaTanco, MatíasMarchiano, MaríaMartínez Castilla, PastoraPérez-Acosta, GabrielaMartínez-Ezquerro, José DaríoGutiérrez-Blasco, Isabel M.Jiménez-Dabdoub, LilyCoers, MarijnTreider, John MelvinGreenberg, David M.Israel, Salomon2025-10-212025-10-212021-04-14Granot R, Spitz DH, Cherki BR, Loui P, Timmers R, Schaefer RS, Vuoskoski JK, Cárdenas-Soler R-N, Soares-Quadros JF Jr, Li S, Lega C, La Rocca S, Martínez IC, Tanco M, Marchiano M, Martínez-Castilla P, Pérez-Acosta G, Martínez-Ezquerro JD, Gutiérrez-Blasco IM, Jiménez-Dabdoub L, Coers M, Treider JM, Greenberg DM and Israel S. (2021). ""Help! I need somebody"": Music as a Global Resource for Obtaining Wellbeing Goals in Times of Crisis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:648013. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.6480131664-1078https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648013https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30567The registered version of this article, first published in Frontiers in Psychology, is available online at the publisher's website: Frontiers Media, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648013La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Frontiers in Psychology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Frontiers Media, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648013This research was funded by COVID-19 crisis seed grant from Northeastern University to PL.Music can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance positive mood, and facilitate social bonding. However, little is known about the role of music and related personal or cultural (individualistic vs. collectivistic) variables in maintaining wellbeing during times of stress and social isolation as imposed by the COVID-19 crisis. In an online questionnaire, administered in 11 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, and USA, N = 5,619), participants rated the relevance of wellbeing goals during the pandemic, and the effectiveness of different activities in obtaining these goals. Music was found to be the most effective activity for three out of five wellbeing goals: enjoyment, venting negative emotions, and self-connection. For diversion, music was equally good as entertainment, while it was second best to create a sense of togetherness, after socialization. This result was evident across different countries and gender, with minor effects of age on specific goals, and a clear effect of the importance of music in people's lives. Cultural effects were generally small and surfaced mainly in the use of music to obtain a sense of togetherness. Interestingly, culture moderated the use of negatively valenced and nostalgic music for those higher in distress.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess6102.01 Psicología evolutiva6104 PsicopedagogíaartículomusicCOVID-19wellbeingindividualistic and collectivistic culturesmood regulationnostalgiagenderage