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http://dx.doi.org/10.21187/jmhb.2020.17.1.051

Group Music Therapy Involving Creation of a Musical Play to Improve Self-Esteem, Self-Expression, and Social Skills in Children  

Bae, Sungjin (Music N Arts Convergence Center)
Kim, Kyungsuk (Hansei University Graduate School of Psychological Counseling)
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Journal of Music and Human Behavior / v.17, no.1, 2020 , pp. 51-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of group music therapy involving the creation of a musical play on the self-esteem, self-expression, and social skills of children. The participants were 14 first through third graders and 14 fourth through sixth graders from a children's center. Half of the children from each grade band (Grades 1-3 and 4-6) were assigned to the experimental group and the other half to the control group, for a total of 14 children in each group. The experimental group who participated in music therapy sessions focused on creating a musical play. The experimental group selected themes, made a script, composed song lyrics and music, and performed the completed musical play. The Self-Esteem Scale, Self-Expression Scale, and Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) were administered before and after the intervention. The experimental group exhibited significantly higher scores than the control group on all of the scales except subscales of the Self-Expression scale and the SSRS. The results of this study suggest that group music therapy can facilitate children's engagement in group work and that playing an important role in the group can positively impact their perceptions of themselves.
Keywords
creation of musical play; self-perception; self-expression; social interaction; children;
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