The paper aimed to determine and compare the effects of music therapy and music medicine on depression, and explore the potential factors associated with the effect. The results show that music therapy and music medicine both exhibited a stronger effects of short and medium length compared with long intervention periods.
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Establishing Identity: LGBT Studies & Music Education – Select Conference Proceedings
This paywall article summarizes the presentations given at the Establishing Identity Conference at the University of Illinois from May 23-26, 2010. The conference was jointly organized by the University of Maryland and the University of Illinois. It is included in the Spring, 2011 Edition of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. AUTHOR SUMMARY: Gregory F. DeNordo, Allen R.
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How Do Music Activities Affect Health and Well-Being? A Scoping Review of Studies Examining Psychosocial Mechanisms
This scoping review analyzed research about how music activities may affect participants’ health and well-being. Primary outcomes were measures of health (including symptoms and health behaviors) and well-being. Secondary measures included a range of psychosocial processes such as arousal, mood, social connection, physical activation or relaxation, cognitive functions, and identity.
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If You Want Smarter Kids Teach Them Music, Not Coding, According To MIT
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language or music. Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.
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Impact of Group Music Therapy on the Depression Mood of College Students
The goal of this study was to examine the ef- fects of group music therapy on depression and mental health among college students. 80 stu- dents participated in this study, with 40 as- signed to control group and other 40 assigned to experimental group.
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Introducing Social Emotional Learning to Music Education Professional Development
There are more knowledge bases, skills, and dispositions that teachers need to have than can be covered in undergraduate music teacher education. One knowledge base that music teachers could benefit from, which is rarely covered in preservice teacher education, is social emotional learning (SEL) and techniques to implement it in their classrooms. Professional development (PD) can help provide career-long growth.
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Is It Me Or The Music? Stress Reduction And The Role Of Regulation Strategies And Music
Music is a common resource for the regulation of emotions, moods, and stress. This study aimed at determining the individual and relative impact on stress reduction of two of the main factors involved in musical affect regulation: regulation strategies and music itself. The current study took place in an experimental setting and followed a factorial within-subjects design.
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Making Music for Mental Health: How Group Drumming Mediates Recovery
While music-making interventions are increasingly recognized as enhancing mental health, little is known of why music may engender such benefit. The objective of this article is to elucidate the features of a program of group drumming known to enable mental health recovery.
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Measuring Social Emotional Learning Through Student Surveys in the CORE Districts: A Pragmatic Approach to Validity and Reliability
As educational practitioners and policymakers expand the range of student outcomes they assess, student perception surveys—particularly those targeting social-emotional learning—have grown in popularity. Despite excitement around the potential for measuring a wider array of important student outcomes, concerns about the validity of the inferences that might be drawn from student self-reports persist.
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Mental Health and Music Engagement: Review, Framework, and Guidelines for Future Studies
Is engaging with music good for your mental health? This question has long been the topic of empirical clinical and nonclinical investigations, with studies indicating positive associations between music engagement and quality of life, reduced depression or anxiety symptoms, and less frequent substance use.
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