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This cross-sectional study examined the association between exposure level and MPA among wind instrumentalists in orchestra settings, investigating the mediating role of social anxiety and the moderating role of performance experience. A total of 152 wind instrumentalists were classified into either the solo-exposed group (section principals or those performing solo passages;\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f74) or the section group (regular section players;\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f78). Participants completed the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and State\u2013Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait subscale (STAI-T). Results indicated that solo-exposed players reported significantly higher MPA (\n                    <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.44) and social anxiety (\n                    <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.38) compared to section players. Mediation analysis revealed that social anxiety significantly mediated the statistical relationship between exposure type and MPA, accounting for 44.98% of the total effect. Given the cross-sectional design, these findings indicate associations and the direction of effects should be interpreted with caution. Furthermore, performance experience moderated the relationship between exposure type and MPA, with the between-group difference being significant only among less experienced players. Subscale analyses demonstrated that group differences were primarily evident in performance-situation anxiety and worry\/rumination dimensions rather than early relationship factors or psychological vulnerability. These findings extend the understanding of context-specificity in MPA and provide empirical evidence for targeted interventions for high-exposure musicians in orchestra settings.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1777719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T05:47:49Z","timestamp":1782280069000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Under the spotlight: social anxiety and music performance anxiety in solo-exposed wind instrumentalists compared to section players in orchestra settings"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Shuai","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Zhengzhou University","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Malaya","place":["Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guang","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zhejiang Conservatory of Music","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental Disorders","year":"2013"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"191","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-295X.84.2.191","article-title":"Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change","volume":"84","author":"Bandura","year":"1977","journal-title":"Psychol. 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