Music Therapy
Shauna Albert
Dr. Joseph Jones
English 1020
7 February, 2013
Music Therapy: Annotated Bibliography
Blackwell, Wiley. "Music Reduces Anxiety in Cancer Patients." Science Daily, 10 Aug. 2011. Web. 20 Feb,2013. The researchers of the Department of Creative Art at Drexel University in Philadelphia, analyzed data from 1,891 patients taking part in 30 trails who were offered music or music therapy sessions. Researchers are trying to figure out if patients listening to pre-recorded music or patients working with music therapists will have a positive effect on mood, pain, and quality of life for the patients. They find that music reduces anxiety compared to standard treatments. Also the results implied that music increases patients’ quality of life. According to the research that was analyzed, both listening to pre-recording music and patients working with music therapists both have a positive outcome. It is said by the analyzing the research that music may be useful as an additional treatment to people with cancer. This study backs up and supports the topic of how music therapy reduces stress.
L.M.Bohon and Hedon, C. "Hospitalized Children 's Mood Differences During Play And Music Therapy”. Child: Care, Health & Development 34.2 (2008): 141-144. Academic Search Index. Web. 21 Feb, 2013.
In this observational study , researchers are trying to conclude if by hospitals increasing the time music therapy for child patients’ it will, be a way to enhance positive effects ,increase mental well- being in children, and physical well-being in hospital children rather than play therapy.
.Many children have told that they get stressed during doctors’ exams, being separated from their loved ones, and pain. Researchers have shown that smiling is another way to imply positive moods. 60 children were observed in either music or play and were watched to see witch group smiled more. The researcher’s hypothesis that more children smile in music rather than play were
Dr. Joseph Jones
English 1020
7 February, 2013
Music Therapy: Annotated Bibliography
Blackwell, Wiley. "Music Reduces Anxiety in Cancer Patients." Science Daily, 10 Aug. 2011. Web. 20 Feb,2013. The researchers of the Department of Creative Art at Drexel University in Philadelphia, analyzed data from 1,891 patients taking part in 30 trails who were offered music or music therapy sessions. Researchers are trying to figure out if patients listening to pre-recorded music or patients working with music therapists will have a positive effect on mood, pain, and quality of life for the patients. They find that music reduces anxiety compared to standard treatments. Also the results implied that music increases patients’ quality of life. According to the research that was analyzed, both listening to pre-recording music and patients working with music therapists both have a positive outcome. It is said by the analyzing the research that music may be useful as an additional treatment to people with cancer. This study backs up and supports the topic of how music therapy reduces stress.
L.M.Bohon and Hedon, C. "Hospitalized Children 's Mood Differences During Play And Music Therapy”. Child: Care, Health & Development 34.2 (2008): 141-144. Academic Search Index. Web. 21 Feb, 2013.
In this observational study , researchers are trying to conclude if by hospitals increasing the time music therapy for child patients’ it will, be a way to enhance positive effects ,increase mental well- being in children, and physical well-being in hospital children rather than play therapy.
.Many children have told that they get stressed during doctors’ exams, being separated from their loved ones, and pain. Researchers have shown that smiling is another way to imply positive moods. 60 children were observed in either music or play and were watched to see witch group smiled more. The researcher’s hypothesis that more children smile in music rather than play were
Bibliography: Blackwell, Wiley. "Music Reduces Anxiety in Cancer Patients." Science Daily, 10 Aug. 2011. Web. 20 Feb,2013. L.M.Bohon and Hedon, C. "Hospitalized Children 's Mood Differences During Play And Music Therapy”. Child: Care, Health & Development 34.2 (2008): 141-144. Academic Search Index Burns, Debra S, Renata B. Sledge, and Leigh Ann Fuller. "Cancer Patients ' Interest And Preferences for Music Therapy." Journal of Music Therapy 42.3 (2005): 185-199 OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson). Web. 21 Feb. 2013. Collingwood, Jane. “The Power of Music to Reduce Stress.” Psych Central, n.d. Web. 20 Feb, 2013. Therapy: “ A Mixed Methods Analysis.” Journal of Music Therapy 47.3(2010): 233- 263 Walker, Jennifer. “ Healing With Music.” Healthcare Traveler 20.5 (2012): 18-43. CINAHL With Full Text Wall, Willem. “ Music In Hospitals.” New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1946. Print.