“…Excessive stress experienced during situations of being formally evaluated may impair musicians' performance during exams (Rae & McCambridge, 2004; see also Cassady & Johnson, 2002;Chapell et al, 2005). This was shown by the results of studies focused on how music performance anxiety disorganizes artistic work, reduces the pleasure of performance, and deteriorates musicians' performance, which can lead to ruining a promising career (Steptoe, 1989;Topoğlu, 2014;Wesner, Noyes, & Davis, 1990;Yoshie, Kudo, Murakoshi, & Ohtsuki, 2009). In the light of these and previous results, it seems that study addiction can be a way of compensating for examination stress, social anxiety, and possibly music performance anxiety (Lawendowski et al, 2019).…”