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http://dx.doi.org/10.21187/jmhb.2019.16.2.053

Therapeutic Rationale for Music Therapy Interventions With Older Adults: An Analysis of the Literature  

Kim, Ji Hyun (Artgiver Social cooperatives)
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Journal of Music and Human Behavior / v.16, no.2, 2019 , pp. 53-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to review the literature on music interventions with older adults and to analyze the rationale for the type of intervention and type of music selected. A search of KCI journals for research including older adults and music-based interventions identified 33 published articles, and 23 of these studies met the criteria for inclusion in this analysis. Included studies were analyzed in terms of the contents of the interventions and the appropriateness of the rationale reported for selecting the intervention and music. Each study was analyzed in terms of the relevance of the reported rationale to target goals and the characteristics of the study participants. The results showed that many of the included studies incorporated a variety of activities but failed to include a valid rationale for using those activities to achieve the target goals. Also, many of the studies tended to select music based on participants' preferences or perceived familiarity without thorough consideration of the therapeutic function of music in the given intervention. This study presents how music therapy interventions with older adults have been conducted without sufficient attention to the selection of the intervention and presented music. There remains a need to delineate which intervention and music characteristics should be utilized to obtain particular outcomes with specific populations.
Keywords
older adults; music intervention; therapeutic rationale; review;
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