This study explores the subjective experience of time passage as a function of mood and gender, in the context of restaurant service. Mood state was manipulated using background music extracts pretested to vary in arousal(low, moderate, and high). By ...
This study explores the subjective experience of time passage as a function of mood and gender, in the context of restaurant service. Mood state was manipulated using background music extracts pretested to vary in arousal(low, moderate, and high). By optimal arousal theory, moderate music tempo was expected to induce positive mood state. Music-induced mood was found to be partly an antecedent on time perception such that fast tempo level contributed to shorter retrospective duration estimate than actual duration, whereas longer in moderate level. Also, gender was found to moderate the influence of mood on duration estimates. Specifically, durations were underestimated by females in less(in fast tempo condition) positive mood states. These findings were discussed in terms of their academic and commercial implications.