Examination of the relationship between high school students' music affected levels and their prosocial tendencies

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the influences of high school students on music and prosocial behaviors, and the effect of some variables on these behaviors. The sample group of the study consisted of 1401 students studying in 19 high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Ağrı Province in 2018-2019 academic year. The general information form developed by the researcher, the Prosocial Tendency Measure, and the Music Influence Measure were respectively applied to the students in the study group. Research, one of the quantitative research methods, is a descriptive study conducted by examining the relationship between two or more variables and correlational (relational) screening for the purpose of obtaining clues about cause and effect. Demographic data of high school students were analyzed with percent "%" and frequency "f" techniques. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and T test were conducted to examine whether the scores from the scales show a meaningful difference to the variables. As a result of having a significant difference of ANOVA, the LSD test was applied from Post-Hoc tests due to the different sample sizes. According to the findings of the study, the variables related to the Music Influence Measure or at least one of the sub-dimensions of the Prosocial Tendency Measure are as follows: gender, parents education status, father working status, family and teacher helping thought status, class level, high school, and music type. According to the results of simple linear regression between music influences and prosocial behaviors, there is a relationship between emotional, dire, anonymous and compliant prosocial behaviors which are sub-dimensions of prosocial behaviors and musical influences.