The Emotional Reactions of Music Therapy Students to Simulated Auditory Hallucinations and Music
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 consent form, participants were randomly as...
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| Summary: | 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 consent form, participants were
randomly assigned to either the control (auditory hallucination simulation) or experimental (auditory hallucination simulation with music)
group. Participants completed a demographic survey, PANAS (Watson & Clark, 1988) pretest, listened to eight minutes of respective
audio, and then completed a PANAS (Watson & Clark, 1988) post-test. Results were analyzed using two independent t-tests to test for
significance, one for positive affect post scores and one for negative affect post scores. No statistically significant results were
found. However, there was a noticeable difference in the mean scores for negative affect post scores. The results suggest that music may
have assisted in preventing a larger increase in negative affect in the experiment group. Future research should include a larger sample
to test for possible significance. Likewise, future researchers should implement similar studies with populations actually experiencing
auditory hallucinations to explore the potential for development of emotion regulation interventions using music therapy. === A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music. === Spring Semester 2016. === April 13, 2016. === Affect, Auditory Hallucination, Emotion, Mental Health, Mood, Music Therapy === Includes bibliographical references. === Lori Gooding, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayne Standley, Committee Member; Dianne Gregory,
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