Receptive Music Therapy

Grocke, Denise

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199639755.013.21

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“…These findings are important as music therapists have long argued that all types of musical preferences should be accepted and utilized in therapy (McFerran 2010b). Although using a person's preferred genre and style of music is common practice in music therapy (Grocke and Wigram 2007) policy makers often scare away from allowing the use of music that has been found correlate with psychological problems (McFerran & Baird, 2013). Many institutions restrict access to music with negative association, such as metal, angry and sad music (McFerran & Baird, 2013).…”

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The appeal of sad music: A brief overview of current directions in research on motivations for listening to sad music

Tol

2016

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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Sadness is the most common emotion attributed to music after happiness. A recent surge in research has explored why sad music is so popular. This work aimed to summarise the results of these studies. It is indicated that sad music is listened to more commonly in sad mood and negative situation. Many different motivations have been found with regards to listening to sad music such as validating emotions, providing solace, providing rewarding emotional experiences, and aiding reflection and relaxation. With regards to listening sad music being an adaptive way to cope, some evidence in this review indicates that this may be more so the case for psychologically healthy people (rather than depressed or anxious individuals) who are also more like to apply healthy coping strategies. In contrast, findings indicate that depressed individuals and ruminators use sad music both adaptively and maladaptive. Sad music also might be particularly helpful when people are experiencing negative life events, as it enables the expression, identification, and understanding of the situation that can aid to consolation and acceptance coping. Future directions for research and the potential application of sad music listening to therapeutic settings are discussed.

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The appeal of sad music: A brief overview of current directions in research on motivations for listening to sad music

Tol

2016

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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“…However, it requires expert instruction of the staff and continuous supervision by music therapists. Four short and six longer playlists were developed by Schou and colleagues (Schou, Bonde & Pedersen, 2011), all in a well-defi ned style, with a combination of musical parameters characterised as relaxing and supportive (Grocke & Wigram, 2007;Wärja & Bonde, 2014) and with the potential of lowering arousal.…”

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Sound and music interventions in psychiatry at Aalborg University Hospital

Lund¹,

Bertelsen²,

Bonde³

2016

SoundEffects

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This article reports on the ongoing project development and research study ‘A New Sound and Music Milieu at Aalborg University Hospital’. Based on a number of pilot studies in AUH-Psychiatry on how special playlists and sound equipment (sound pillows and portable players) can be used by hospital patients and administered by hospital staff supervised by music therapists, the new project aims to prepare the ground for a systematic application of sound and music in the hospital environment. A number of playlists have been developed, based on theoretical and empirical research in music medicine and music therapy. A special software and hardware design – ‘The Music Star’– has been developed, and installed in combination with a directional line array speaker in patient rooms in two ICUs at the AUH–Psychiatry. The aim of the project is to empower patients to choose music suited to their needs here and now. In the study we focus on how self-selected music may lead to a decrease in anxiety and pain or improved relaxation/sleep. The article describes and discusses the theory-driven development of the sound/music milieu, relevant empirical studies, the novel method of data collection, preliminary results of the project and implications for the future implementation of the model.

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“…Although using a person's preferred genre and style of music is common practice in music therapy (Grocke and Wigram 2007), many institutions restrict access to hardcore music because of the negative associations garnered by misinterpretations of the correlation that is persistently reported. Since metal music is a genre that adolescents frequently list as their favoured style of music (Doak 2003;Mulder et al 2010;Schwartz and Fouts 2003), this restricts our ability to engage vulnerable young people in shared music listening, song composition and even performances that express personal music preferences, all of which are common music therapy methods with this age group (McFerran 2010).…”

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Metal made me who I am: Seven adult men reflect on their engagement with metal music during adolescence

Hines

McFerran

2014

International Journal of Community Music

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The relationship between adolescent mental health and their habits of music listening with regard to metal music has been consistently explored in academic research since the rise in popularity of heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Correlational studies have been most prominent, but do not tend to explore this relationship in the depth required to garner a detailed understanding of the nature of this music engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate adolescent experiences of metal music from the perspective of adults reflecting on this time in their lives. Descriptions shared in e-mail interviews by seven men from different countries were analysed using phenomenological strategies. Fourteen different themes were deduced from the data, highlighting a variety of experiences. These ranged from engaging and validating difficult emotions to gaining positive energy, finding out about world issues and negotiating social networks. The results of this enquiry challenges the dualistic notions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ music often interpreted from quantitative data.

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Receptive Music Therapy

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

The appeal of sad music: A brief overview of current directions in research on motivations for listening to sad music

The appeal of sad music: A brief overview of current directions in research on motivations for listening to sad music

Sound and music interventions in psychiatry at Aalborg University Hospital

Metal made me who I am: Seven adult men reflect on their engagement with metal music during adolescence

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