Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design

Aalbers, Sonja; Spreen, Marinus; Pattiselanno, Kim; Verboon, Peter; Vink, Annemieke; Hooren, Susan van

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2020.101720

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“…dividing transcripts into small units such as phrases and assigning a label to each unit. The coding label was the exact words of the participant (in vivo coding) or small phrases composed by the researcher close to the exact words (Aalbers et al, 2020;Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011). The EIMT elements were used as categories to organise open codings that reflected the theory of ER, both positive and negative experiences.…”

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“…The process evaluation was embedded in a multiple-case study design (Gustafsson, 2017;Kazdin, 2011) in which students were followed to study the effect of EIMT. In the effect study, depressive symptoms, ER and affect of the participating students were monitored (Aalbers et al, 2020). The process evaluation focused on different aspects of applying EIMT, i.e.…”

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“…Eleven female students (M age = 23.45, SD = 3.33) completed the programme and were included in the process evaluation. They met the inclusion criteria of the effect study (Aalbers et al, 2020), i.e. being a student at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, having depressive symptoms (Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self Report IDS-SR>13; Rush et al, 1986Rush et al, , 1996, being aged between 18 and 40 years and Dutch speaking.…”

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“…EIMT aimed to improve ER and reduce depressive symptoms in 10 weekly sessions lasting 60 minutes each (Aalbers et al, 2020(Aalbers et al, , 2019. EIMT followed the CPM (Scherer, 2005(Scherer, , 2009(Scherer, , 2013(Scherer, , 2015 as a theoretical framework to explain the ER process and to address ER throughout the programme.…”

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“…The study was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of Medical Centre Leeuwarden (RTPO 1036) (Aalbers et al, 2020). Written informed consent was obtained from study participants.…”

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Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation

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Introduction: Depression can be a serious problem in young adult students. There is a need to implement and monitor prevention interventions for these students. Emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy (EIMT) was developed to prevent depression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of EIMT for use in practice for young adult students with depressive symptoms in a university context. Method: A process evaluation was conducted embedded in a larger research project. Eleven students, three music therapists and five referrers were interviewed. The music therapists also completed evaluation forms. Data were collected concerning client attendance, treatment integrity, musical components used to synchronise, and experiences with EIMT and referral. Results: Client attendance (90%) and treatment integrity were evaluated to be sufficient (therapist adherence 83%; competence 84%). The music therapists used mostly rhythm to synchronise (38 of 99 times). The students and music therapists reported that EIMT and its elements evoked changes in all emotion regulation components. The students reported that synchronisation elicited meaningful experiences of expressing joy, feeling heard, feeling joy and bodily responses of relaxation. The music therapists found the manual useful for applying EIMT. The student counsellors experienced EIMT as an appropriate way to support students due to its preventive character. Discussion: EIMT appears to be a feasible means of evoking changes in emotion regulation components in young adult students with depressive symptoms in a university context. More studies are needed to create a more nuanced and evidence-based understanding of the feasibility of EIMT, processes of change and treatment integrity.

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“…The study was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of Medical Centre Leeuwarden (RTPO 1036) (Aalbers et al, 2020). Written informed consent was obtained from study participants.…”

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Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation

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Music and Stress During COVID-19 Lockdown: Influence of Locus of Control and Coping Styles on Musical Preferences

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A Systematic Review of Music-Based Interventions to Improve Treatment Engagement and Mental Health Outcomes for Adolescents and Young Adults

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Mental health disorders and suicidality are rising among adolescents and young adults (A-YA) while rates of treatment engagement remain notoriously low. Emerging research supports the potential of music-based interventions to improve mental health, but their efficacy remains unclear for A-YA. This systematic review evaluates the evidence on music-based psychosocial interventions to improve engagement in treatment and/or mental health outcomes among A-YA. This review was prospectively registered with PROSPERO and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Twenty-six studies were extracted. There was heterogeneity of designs, populations, measures, and outcomes. A typology of music-based interventions emerged, which is characterized by combinations of three broad categories: 1) Somatosensory, 2) Social-Emotional, and 3) Cognitive-Reflective. Most interventions are Socio-Cognitive and Holistically Integrated (combines all three) followed by Socio-Somatic . All interventions involved Social-Emotional processes. Results indicate that most studies report significant effects for mental health outcomes related to social and emotional improvements and reductions of internalizing symptoms for adolescents. Few studies targeted young adults and effects on engagement were rarely measured. There is a need for more studies that use rigorous methods. This review illuminated a need for interventions that are developmentally and culturally tailored to subgroups. Finally, the field is ripe from more studies that apply experimental therapeutics to conceptualize, operationalize, and test mechanisms of change to improve the understanding of how and for whom music-based interventions work. Recommendations for embedding these innovative strategies into research and practice for A-YA are discussed. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10560-022-00893-x.

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Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design

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Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation

Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation

Music and Stress During COVID-19 Lockdown: Influence of Locus of Control and Coping Styles on Musical Preferences

A Systematic Review of Music-Based Interventions to Improve Treatment Engagement and Mental Health Outcomes for Adolescents and Young Adults

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