Music Education PhD candidate Hamid Niknampour has published a peer-reviewed article entitled Anxiety and Music Students: Practical Strategies for Music Educators in the primary practitioner journal of the National Association for Music Educators—Music Educators Journal.
In the article, Niknampour discusses the issues of General Anxiety Disorder often faced my music students as well as possible strategies that these students can take to mitigate these issues and promote better mental health. This paper is a result of a longer line of research being conducted by Niknampour on this topic that is resulting in new and better understanding of the psychological needs of musicians.