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The use of music therapy interventions within pediatric healthcare is becoming increasingly popular because of the unique outcome music is able to provide. The purpose of this study was to investigate how music therapy within in-patient...
The purpose of this study is to investigate stressors among soon-to-be graduating instrumental, vocal, and theatre performance majors. Seventy-two possible performance stressors were compiled into 8 categories: Creative, Intellectual, ...
The purpose of this study was to explore how use of a web application that makes use of Spotify APIs may be utilized by music therapists to inform clinical decisions. Spotify Charts was used to identify weekly top-streamed songs on...
Sing with Me: A Survey to Guide Development of an In-Home Developmental Curriculum for Premature Infants Post-Discharge from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
According to 2017 CDC statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 1 in 10 infants in the United States are born prematurely. Preterm infants may demonstrate a delay in reaching developmental milestones due to extended...
There is a need for evidence-based research in the field of music therapy, and interest in evidence-based practice among music therapists in the United States has led to the development of neuroscience informed approaches to music...
Music Therapy for Eating Disorders: A Manual for the Use of Music Therapy as an Integrative Therapy for the Treatment of Individuals with Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a psychological disorder that affects one’s eating habits. According to a 2011 study, approximately 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from a clinical eating disorder at some point in...
Neurologic Music Therapy is a type of music therapy based in neuroscience research and is utilized in neurorehabilitation settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy services on Functional...
Music therapy is a rapidly growing allied health profession. In order to become a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), one must complete a college degree program approved by the American Music Therapy Association, which includes an...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of songs in Spanish by music therapists according to song suggestions within music therapy Facebook groups. A content analysis of 84 posts and 487 comments from two music therapy...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which articles in four music therapy journals with more than 30 volumes published discussed the use of trauma- focused music therapy with trauma survivors. A content analysis of...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of stigma related to mental health illnesses among music therapy students at a large southeastern public university. A survey of nineteen stigma-related questions was designed...
Alcohol and other drug use is understood to be one of the most stigmatized activities in the world (Room, et al., 2001). Substance use disorder (SUD) stigma has been shown to impact self-identity and self-esteem, present a psychological...
The purpose of the study was to examine the emotional reactions of music therapy students to simulated auditory hallucinations and music. Eighteen music therapy students (13 female, 5 male) participated in the study. After signing a...
The purpose of this review was to identify and describe assessments used in music therapy and music medicine used with children and adolescents with mental health symptoms. After database searches were completed and studies screened for...
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of single-session music therapy on pain, discomfort, and anxiety in in-patient hospice patients. Participants were adults (N=24) receiving hospice care at an in-patient hospice...
Those in the helping professions, such as therapy and education, actively strive to become aware of their bias, human behavior, and personal limitations. They also attempt to understand the worldview of their diverse clients and learning...
While there is an immense amount of research on music therapy in early childhood settings as well as published music therapy curricula for early childhood, there is little to no research on the effects of novel and familiar music therapy...
The prevalence of a diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) has been on the rise globally. Due to the severe symptoms that interrupt the daily life of those diagnosed with SCD and the absence of an accessible cure, services addressing...
The purpose of this study was to explore how medical and nursing students are exposed to information about music therapy during their training. This study also sought to explore the relationship between student exposure to music therapy...
The Vietnam War is considered to be one of the longest and most controversial conflicts that the United States has ever been engaged in. Veterans from this war experienced a homecoming that was unlike the fanfare awarded to previous...
The current state of the public education system in the United States is rooted in standards-based curriculum. The standards outline milestones that all students must achieve in order to demonstrate competency in their grade level. New...
The use of music therapy interventions with veteran populations is increasing because of music therapy’s unique ability to integrate music interventions that facilitate functions of daily living. The purpose of this study was to...
Social distancing precautions related to COVID-19 have had a significant impact on the delivery of music therapy services across the United States, and music therapists have had to adjust to changes in billing and regulation as well as...
Students with multiple disabilities are taught in music classrooms throughout the United States, but many music educators have limited training in working with and assessing these students. The research showed that there is not a unified...
Using Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy to Reframe Hegemonic Narratives about Black Women in Hip-Hop: Background, Theory, and Session Plans for Music Therapists
Previous scholarship on Black adolescent girls and the construction of their identities have shown that hegemonic narratives about Black women's bodies and sexuality in hip hop have had a profound impact on their sense of agency, sexual...
Emotional and behavioral related disorders are prevalent in both special education and mental health fields. Music therapists have been working with children and adolescents labeled as emotionally disturbed since before the Journal of...
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between leadership styles and music therapy by examining perceptions of leadership styles among music therapy student and professional leaders within one of the seven regions of...
The purpose of this thesis is to research and compile the five major religions in the United States in order to provide hospice music therapists with informative material on how the philosophies of those religions may affect a patient...
The purpose of this review was to examine and integrate the current available information on Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) and gait performance of individuals with neurological disorders, to support music therapists' clinical...
The purpose of this study was to analyze music theory requirements in music therapy curricula across the United States. Since the 1950s, there have been calls for change in the music therapy curriculum, with scholars citing its fullness...
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