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Tailoring of MT interventions to participants\u2019 Musical identity (MI)\u2014an individual\u2019s emotional and physical connection to music\u2014may substantially increase the effectiveness of MT. Therefore, we developed and tested an exploratory scale for assessing MI and determined associations between components of MI and sociodemographic and mental health outcomes. To achieve this goal, we assessed a national sample of 1512\u2005U.S. adults aged 30\u201370 years in July\u2013August 2023. We measured depression using the validated Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and anxiety using the validated Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7). A new 12-item MI Inventory (MII) assessed MI. Principal components analysis (PCA) using Varimax rotation determined the factor structure of the MII. Cronbach\u2019s \u03b1 assessed the internal consistency reliability of each resulting subscale. We examined sociodemographic and mental-health differences across MII components using \u03c72 analyses. PCA yielded a strong two-factor solution with MII subscales focused on musical experience and emotional connection to music. Higher scores on both subscales were associated with younger age (P &amp;lt; .001), greater educational attainment (P &amp;lt; .001), and being employed (P &amp;lt; .001). Anxiety was significantly associated with both subscales, while depression was significantly associated with the music experience subscale. Categorizing individuals based on MII profiles may be useful in tailoring MT modalities to optimize mental health outcomes. 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