• Jesper Pihl-Thingvad, Tine Taulbjerg Kristensen, Helene M Paarup, Jesper Baelum, and Kirsten K Roessler.
• Dep. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Kløvervænget 3, Bldg 138, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. Tel +45 6541 4990. Jesper.pihl-thing¬vad@rsyd.dk.
• Med Probl Perform Art. 2022 Sep 1; 37 (3): 192-199.

IntroductionHigh workplace social capital (WSC) is associated with improved occupational health in the common occupational areas. However, little is known on WSC and its effect on the emotional demands and stress seen in the work of classical symphonic musicians.AimTo investigate whether WSC moderates the associations between emotional demands and stress in the professional musicians working in Danish symphony orchestras.MethodsThis cross-sectional study builds on existing data collected on a sample of 341 Danish classical symphonic musicians. An interaction model based on multiple regression with bias corrected boot-strapping was used to assess the moderating effect of low, medium and high levels of WSC on the association between emotional demands and perceived stress.ResultsWSC had a significant moderating effect on the association between emotional demands and perceived stress: b = -0.01, t(212) = -2.40, p = 0.018. At low levels of WSC the effect of emotional demands on stress was strongest, declining at higher levels of WSC in a dose response pattern: low-WSC, b = 0.23, t(212) 3.20, p = 0.002, medium-WSC, b = 0.11, t(212) = 2.40, p = 0.017, and high-WSC, b = 0.04, t(212) = 0.75, p = 0.455.ConclusionThe study indicates a buffering effect of WSC on the association between emotional demands and stress in the work of orchestra musicians. Thus, enhancement of WSC could be a potential stress-preventing strategy in symphony orchestras and should be investigated in future studies on musicians' mental health.

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