Project B

Reference List

Baker, F., & Bor, W. (2008). Can music preference indicate mental health status in young people? Australasian Psychiatry, 16(4), 284-288.

It is no coincidence that the world has many issues, but rarely are the causes discussed. The study specifically studies any correlations with antisocial behaviors of suicide and promiscuity with music. Additionally, methods range in how lyrics may contribute to the behaviors. In 2008 alone, researchers did find a relationship between music and mental health, but suggested that it must be further studied.

Baumann, N., & Palasik, D. (2017). The effects of music therapy on stuttering.

Music is widely known in both culturally and scientifically. Music and biological functions are critically studied in determining the effects of music therapy of stuttering. Unfortunately, the study concludes that although music did have a positive effect on reducing stuttering, their may have been confounding variables. In addition, there were factors where subjects may have not had English as their primary language due to being international. Nevertheless, music therapy is encouraged in demonstrating that the effects of music therapy on the stuttering have a positive result.

Churchill, S., Jessop, D. C., Goodwin, S., Ritchie, L., & Harris, P. R. (2017). Self-affirmation improves music performance among performers high on the

impulsivity dimension of sensation seeking. Psychology of Music. Retrieved from https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=seW28RwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=seW28RwAAAAJ:eQOLeE2rZwMC

In the world of music, performing can often pose as a challenge. In this study, researchers find innovative ways to develop and alter a performance mindset through uses of self-affirmations. They also find a strong correlation with both high performance and sensation seeking. Sensation seeking was found as the only dimension of impulsivity associated with exam performance, with participants high in sensation seeking receiving lower grades. The study concludes that self-affirmation promoted better music performance among those high in sensation seeking.

Franiuk, R., Coleman, J., & Apa, B. (2017). The influence of non-misogynous and mixed portrayals of intimate partner violence in music on beliefs about

intimate partner violence. Violence against women, 23(2), 243-257.

Among many, media has become famous in influencing behavior. For better or for worse, researchers in this study investigate the way in which music may influences intimate partner violence. By using specific songs, by artists such as Mary J. Blige to Eminem, researchers were able to analyze whether lyrics has a significance. With a sample size of 103, the study concludes that the way in which intimate partner violence in music greatly influences the way subjects think about violence against women.

Gallego, M. G., & García, J. G. (2017). Music therapy and Alzheimer's disease: Cognitive, psychological, and behavioural effects. Neurología (English

Edition). Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217358081730072X

Recently, discoveries of how music alters both psychological and physiological functions has raised more questions. In the following study, researchers investigate the effects of music therapy on Alzheimer's disease. To their surprise, researchers found that solely after 4 music therapy sessions, subjects were significantly affected cognitively, psychologically , and behaviorally. The study also suggests that both music and dance therapy will be an interesting subject to study in whether patients with mental diseases and disorders are altered in any matter.

MacDonald, R., Kreutz, G., & Mitchell, L. (2012, May). Music, health, and wellbeing. Oxford University Press.

In the past, studies where subjects listened to Mozart (a.k.a the Mozart effect), have demonstrated a significance in how people feel about certain things. The researchers at Oxford University discuss the ways in which music can advance cognitive abilities, and how certain music can benefit for certain aspects of life. Moreover, they discuss how certain types of genres in music can influence certain behaviors. In their synthesis, they suggest that music does, indefinitely, promote good health and well being.

Mathias, B., Gehring, W. J., & Palmer, C. (2017). Auditory N1 reveals planning and monitoring processes during music

performance. Psychophysiology, 54(2), 235-247.

In this journal article, researchers probe and expound the various mental processes during music performance. Through having pianists that memorized pieces, researchers were able to graph the neural activity with the way in which played through EEG scans. The way in which the activity was measured was through feedback. N1 amplitudes were associated with greater slowing following altered feedback in the future condition only.

Porter, S., McConnell, T., McLaughlin, K., Lynn, F., Cardwell, C., Braiden, H. J., & Holmes, V. (2017). Music therapy for children and adolescents with

behavioural and emotional problems: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(5), 586-594. Retrieved

from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.12656/full

Music is widely known for its significance with children learning and behaviors. However, music has also remained a very big mystery in the way which certain types may influence behaviors. The following study goes in depth in trying to study whether there was any emotional or behavioral association with music. They concluded there was no significant difference, although, that it may want to be studied further in the future.

Raglio, A., Zaliani, A., Baiardi, P., Bossi, D., Sguazzin, C., Capodaglio, E., & Imbriani, M. (2017). Active music therapy approach for stroke patients in the

post-acute rehabilitation. Neurological Sciences, 1-5. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28138867

Music Therapy is increasingly becoming popular in the medical field. This study searches on how music may alter stroke patients. In the study, 38 hospitalized patients with strokes were recruited and allocated in two groups. The experimental group underwent the standard of care (physiotherapy and occupational therapy daily sessions) and relational active music therapy treatments. The study concluded that music therapy showed a significant improvement over time of nonverbal and sonorous-music relationships.

Uhlig, S., Dimitriadis, T., Hakvoort, L., & Scherder, E. (2017). Rap and singing are used by music therapists to enhance emotional self-regulation of youth:

Results of a survey of music therapists in the Netherlands. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 53, 44-54.

In many cases, the selections in music therapy have been a mystery. In this study, results reported that both rapping and singing in music therapy can enhance self-regulation skills during the process of emotional expression. In particular, rapping had occurred considerably less frequent than singing, but managed to decrease aggressive behavior. Singing was applied daily and associated with the support of deeper emotional involvement. The study concluded to further the need for more consistent descriptions of therapeutic interventions for the use of rap styles in music therapy practice, and the development of specialized protocols for research studying its effects for quality improvement