Interaction Themes in Music Therapy: Definition and Delimitation

Holck, Ulla

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“…Variables relating to tonality and register, for example, were not found to be significant using the four-stage linear regression approach used here. Several previous studies and clinical reports have noted the prominence of rhythmic/temporal elements, and the absence, exiguity, or accidental employment of tonal elements, in the music produced by individuals with mental retardation (DiGiammarino, 1990;Bruscia, 1982;Wheeler, 1999;Hoick, 2004;Nordoff-Robbins, 1977;Miller & Osmond, 1994). Although these previous studies have not identified specific relationships between such elements and level of mental retardation, the present results are certainly in line with this previous work.…”

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“…Wolpow (1976) reported that musical responses relating to pitch and temporality of a profoundly retarded individual increased during therapy. Hoick (2004) used video analysis to examine what contact occurred musically, nonverbally, and in terms of gesture, and included the description of a severely retarded individual's ability to produce a small rhythmic motif. Bruscia's (1982) case study gave details of a client with severe mental retardation, and no capability to imitate, whose mean length of musical response was five units.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Exploring Relationships between Level of Mental Retardation and Features of Music Therapy Improvisations: A Computational Approach

Luck¹,

Riikkilä²,

Lartillot³

et al. 2006

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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The present study sought to identify relationships between musical features of music therapy improvisations and clients' level of mental retardation, using a computationally-based method of analysis. 216 improvisations, contributed by 50 clients, were collected in MIDI format. Clients were divided into four groups according to their level of diagnosed mental retardation: 1 = none, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = severe or profound. 43 client-related musical features were automatically extracted from their improvisations in the MATLAB computer environment and entered into a series of linear regression analyses as predictors of clients'level of mental retardation. The final model, which contained nine significant musical variables, accounted for 67% of the variation in clients' level of mental retardation. Specifically, level of mental retardation was best predicted by temporal elements of the music relating to note duration, note density, articulation, and amount of silence.

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Section: Previous Music Therapy Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Relationships between Level of Mental Retardation and Features of Music Therapy Improvisations: A Computational Approach

Luck¹,

Riikkilä²,

Lartillot³

et al. 2006

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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“…Infants need listening and silence, because they need time to organize themselves to respond (Holck, 2004). Delays in response could be caused by difficulties in self-organization and by uncontrolled movement (Wigram & Elefant, 2009).…”

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Music therapy microanalysis of parent-infant interaction in a three-month-old infant later diagnosed with autism

Suvini¹,

Apicella²,

Muratori³

2016

Health Psychology Report

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health psychology report · volume 5(2), 7 original article background Infant research literature has described for a long time the main aspects of parentese (motherese and fatherese) referring to musicality and specifically to musical language. It is believed that there is a deep analogy between the vital affects experienced by the child during interaction with the parent and the type of parentese that is a direct representation of them. Disruption of parentese has been described in early autism. The aim of this paper was to achieve a better understanding of this disruptive process. participants and procedureSequences of parent-infant interaction extracted from one home movie of a child later diagnosed with autism were analyzed in a micro-musical way in order to create a musical score that allows the description of parent-infant interaction in a new way (considering form, pulse, rhythm, melody, timbre and silence). resultsMusical microanalysis is able to highlight features not brought out by other kinds of analysis. The first fragment is dominated by the anxiety of the mother, who attempts to stimulate the unresponsive infant. In the second fragment there is a change in musicality parallel to changes in the relationship: the mother participates in and coordinates the infant's experience through rhythm, prosody and musical dynamics. This change persists in the third fragment. conclusionsMusical transcription of parent-infant interactions has allowed us to highlight changes occurring in a short time during early interactions and to get a closer view of the disruptive process created by autism. This kind of research represents a potential shift in autism research, by focusing on dynamic parent-infant interactions instead of single behaviors of the child or of the parent. The usefulness of Stern's concept of intersubjective communion is discussed.

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“…It is a child-centered approach that utilizes mainly non-verbal musical interaction and thus is comparable with early reciprocal interaction between mother and infant (Hughes, 1995;Holck, 2004aHolck, , 2004bPavlicevic, 1997;Robarts, 1996;Trolldalen, 2005). As an intervention procedure, IMT makes use of the potential for social engagement and expression of emotions occurring through improvisational music making (Geretsegger, Holck, & Gold, 2012;Geretsegger, Elefant, Mòssler, & Gold, 2014).…”

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A joint behavioral and emotive analysis of synchrony in music therapy of children with autism spectrum disorders

Venuti¹,

Bentenuto²,

Cainelli³

et al. 2016

Health Psychology Report

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Synchrony is an essential component of interactive exchanges. In mother-infant interaction, synchrony underlies reciprocity and emotive regulation. A severe lack of synchrony is indeed a core issue within the communication and interaction deficit that characterizes autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in accordance with the DSM-5 classification. Based on emerging evidence that music therapy can improve the communication and regulation ability in children with ASD, we aim to verify quantitatively whether: 1) children with ASD improve synchrony with their therapist during music therapy sessions, and 2) this ability persists in different structured contexts.participants and procedure resultsDuring the IMT cycle, the amount of synchronic activity increases, with a significant difference from Session 1 to Session 20 in behavioral synchrony and emotional attunement. Also, the increase of synchrony is confirmed at the end of the therapy cycle as measured by an interactive ADOS section. conclusionsSynchrony is an effective indicator of efficacy for music therapy in children with ASD, in particular to evaluate the expansion of positive emotive exchanges.

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Interaction Themes in Music Therapy: Definition and Delimitation

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

Exploring Relationships between Level of Mental Retardation and Features of Music Therapy Improvisations: A Computational Approach

Exploring Relationships between Level of Mental Retardation and Features of Music Therapy Improvisations: A Computational Approach

Music therapy microanalysis of parent-infant interaction in a three-month-old infant later diagnosed with autism

A joint behavioral and emotive analysis of synchrony in music therapy of children with autism spectrum disorders

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