What is Music, Health, and Wellbeing and Why is it Important?

MacDonald, Raymond; Kreutz, Gunter; Mitchell, Laura

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586974.003.0001

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“…MacDonald and colleagues also note that music's ubiquity may help to explain some of its importance in the contexts of well-being and health (MacDonald, Kreutz, & Mitchell, 2012). With the MP3 player, in turn, the accessibility of personally chosen music is higher than ever, and it therefore appears relevant to look into the role of this particular technology in affect regulation.…”

Section: Research On Music Listening and Affect Regulationmentioning

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Everyday music listening and affect regulation: The role of MP3 players

Skånland

2013

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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The use of digital portable music devices such as MP3 players has rapidly increased during the last decade, and the sheer availability of music offered by such players raises questions about their impact on listeners’ mental and physical health and well-being. This article explores MP3 player use as an everyday tactic for affect regulation, here understood as an individual's efforts to maintain or change the intensity or duration of a given affect. The ability to understand and regulate affects has significant health implications, and among the tactics relevant to such regulation, engagement with music has proven to be particularly successful. The material presented in this article is based on a qualitative interview study focused on MP3 player use as a medium for musical self-care. Because MP3 users can listen to whatever they want, whenever they want, and target their music in the interests of managing and regulating moods and emotions, the MP3 player represents a valuable and convenient technology of affect regulation.

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confidence: 99%

Everyday music listening and affect regulation: The role of MP3 players

Skånland

2013

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…The positive effects of music on well-being have been widely investigated (MacDonald, Kreutz, & Mitchell, 2012). Research has centred around two main threads: (1) the impact of listening to music and (2) the impact of making music.…”

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Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: Music has been linked with well-being across clinical and community settings. Yet, research has focused on assessment of single dimensions of well-being and on the typical receiver of support services. Acknowledging the burden that a caring role encompasses and integrating recent proposals for a multifaceted definition of well-being, we explore the extent to which group drumming interventions translate into multidimensional well-being change for both mental health service users and carers. Method: Thirty-nine participants engaged in one of a series of community drumming programmes were assessed via semi-structured interviews (n = 11) and focus groups (n = 28) at the end of each programme. Data were analysed using IPA. Results and Conclusion: Emotional, psychological and social dimensions of well-being emerged for both patients and carers, accounted for through six themes: (1) hedonia: positive affect and pleasant physical effects of drumming; (2) agency: initiative and sense of control; (3) accomplishment: non-specific and in relation to musical goals; (4) engagement, through focus and flow; (5) a redefinition of self, through self-awareness, construction of a positive identity, self-prospection and incorporation of a musical identity; and (6) social well-being, through connectedness and positive relationships. The potential of such interventions for clinical contexts is discussed.

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“…Using music as a tool to benefit well-being is a topic of growing interest to researchers as well as practitioners (Clift et al 2008;MacDonald et al 2012). A challenge facing researchers is to understand the relationship between music participation and well-being impact (Skingley et al 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%