Music Therapy as Grief Therapy for Adults With Mental Illness and Complicated Grief: A Pilot Study

Iliya, Yasmine A.

doi:10.1080/07481187.2014.946623

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“…The results showed that the participants in the experimental group had a greater reduction in mourning symptoms in comparison to the control group (17) , as measured by the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG-R).…”

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Effects of sacred music on the spiritual well-being of bereaved relatives: a randomized clinical trial

Silva¹,

Silva

Cabau

et al. 2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of instrumental sacred music and sacred music with vocals on the spiritual well-being of bereaved relatives. METHOD This is a randomized clinical trial carried out with family members bereaving the death of loved ones to cancer. Participants were allocated into three groups: Group 1 (control), Group 2 (experimental using sacred music with vocals) or Group 3 (experimental using instrumental sacred music). Spiritual well-being was assessed through the Spiritual Well-Being Scale. RESULTS Sixty-nine (69) family members participated. Mean scores before and after the intervention indicated high levels of spiritual well-being (106.4 and 105.5 in Group 1; 103.2 and 105.2 in Group 2; 107.4 and 108.7 in Group 3) and religious well-being (57.9 and 56.9 in Group 1; 56.3 and 56.4 in Group 2; 57.4 and 58.1 in Group 3), and moderate levels of existential well-being (48.5 and 48.6 in Group 1; 46.9 and 48.9 in Group 2; 49.9 and 50.7 in Group 3), with the exception of Group 3 which presented a high level of existential well-being after the intervention. CONCLUSION The results show that there were no statistically significant differences in the spiritual well-being scores between the experimental groups and the control group. We evidence the need for further studies that use music therapy as a Nursing intervention for bereaved families. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials: RBR-2wtwjz.

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“…Items with positive connotations (3,4,7,8,10,11,14,15,17,19,20) have their score added up as follows: TA=6, Ad=5, PA=4, PD=3, Da=2 and TD=1. The remaining items have negative connotations and should be added up in reverse: TA=1, Ad=2, PA=3, PD=4, Da=5 and TD=6.…”

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Effects of sacred music on the spiritual well-being of bereaved relatives: a randomized clinical trial

Silva¹,

Silva

Cabau

et al. 2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…Often times, researchers articulated this was for the purpose of exploring the content or conducting a pilot study (e.g. Iliya, ; Neto et al., a) before a larger scale intervention study could be developed. For instance, Kellet and Hardy () were able to consistently measure different client factors (e.g., distress and session impact) in their single case A/B design.…”

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Mixed methods in psychotherapy research: A review of method(ology) integration in psychotherapy science

Bartholomew

Lockard

2018

J Clin Psychol

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“…Guided by the findings of the pilot study (Iliya, 2015), this study aimed to better understand questions such as why singing the intervention might be tolerable, helpful, or difficult. Study findings demonstrated that the intervention was indeed perceived as profoundly emotional.…”

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“…Consequently, an exploratory study was conducted to research music therapy for bereaved adults (Iliya, 2015). This randomized controlled mixed method study was conducted with adults with CG and mental illness (N = 10).…”

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Singing an imaginal dialogue: a qualitative examination of a bereavement intervention with creative arts therapists

Iliya

Harris

2015

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand creative arts therapists' experience of singing an imaginal dialogue with a deceased loved one. The sample consisted of nine female creative arts therapists with a minimum of three years of clinical experience. It included women who identified as minorities in the realms of race, culture, ethnicity, and/or sexual orientation. Participation entailed one music therapy session with a music therapist who was not the researcher. After the session, participants completed a questionnaire and were interviewed about their experience by the researcher. The qualitative data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis and five themes were identified: (a) elicitation of profound emotional expression; (b) discomfort, nervousness, and anxiety; (c) containment and support; (d) emotional and spiritual connection to the deceased; (e) helpful opportunity for grief resolution. The findings of this study support previous research on grief therapy and verbal imaginal dialogue and contribute to the field of creative arts therapies by deepening our understanding of the applications of singing an imaginal dialogue with a deceased person.

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Music Therapy as Grief Therapy for Adults With Mental Illness and Complicated Grief: A Pilot Study

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

Effects of sacred music on the spiritual well-being of bereaved relatives: a randomized clinical trial

Effects of sacred music on the spiritual well-being of bereaved relatives: a randomized clinical trial

Mixed methods in psychotherapy research: A review of method(ology) integration in psychotherapy science

Singing an imaginal dialogue: a qualitative examination of a bereavement intervention with creative arts therapists

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