WYBRANE PSYCHOLOGICZNE WYZNACZNIKI TREMY KONCERTUJĄCYCH MUZYKÓW PROFESJONALISTÓW I AMATORÓW

For the last 20 years the problem of stage fright has been interesting for manyresearch-ers in the field of psychology (Currie, 2001; Jackson, Latane, 1981; Kaleńska, 2004; Kenny, 2005; Kenny, Osborne, 2006; Kępińska-Welbel, 1990; Langendorfer,Hodapp, Kreutz, Bongard, 2006; Porczyk, 2009).Stage frightcan helpduringa performancebuthinder it at the same time. The excessive control of one’s behaviour has an impact on the quality of presentation. The consequence of it can be disastrous. Among musi-cians there are people who find it easy and natural to perform in front of the audience, but onthe other hand there are people for whom public performance is a big trauma. The aim of this research is to attempt to answer the questions which personal and temperamental factors contribute to the intensification of stage fright phenomenon among performing musicians both amateur and professional. As it turns outthe phe-nomenon ofstage anxietyamongmusiciansis associated withcertainpersonality traitsandtemperament, as well as the anxiety as a trait and as a state.