Identifying the "active ingredients" in music therapy process using an exploratory application of the child psychotherapy Q-sort. Issue 1 (1st June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roth, Katie
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of music therapy. Volume 25:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 148
• Page End: 149
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01
• Subjects: Music therapy process research -- comparison with psychotherapy; Music therapy -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Music Therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85154
• DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2016.1180196
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0809-8131

Abstract

Abstract : Background : As a student on my second year field-learning placement, working with children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in a mainstream school, I became interested in finding a research instrument that would identify, and capture the complexity of, the "active ingredients" in the music therapy process, namely, child characteristics, therapist characteristics and characteristics of their interaction. Objective : To explore the application of the Child Psychotherapy Q-Sort (Schneider & Jones, 2004) to the process of Music Therapy. Methods : Rating of the 100 Child Psychotherapy Q-Sort (CPQ) items by experienced music therapists from various theoretical orientations, in order to construct a Music Therapy CPQ prototype. Comparison of this prototype with qualitative descriptive analyses of Music Therapy session videos. Discussion : This research is still in the data gathering stage. Discussion of results to follow. Conclusions : This research is still in the data gathering stage. Conclusions to follow.