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Aug 1, 2023 · Recent research suggests that music engagement not only shapes our personal and cultural identities but also plays a role in mood regulation. 1 A 2022 review and meta-analysis of music therapy found an overall beneficial effect on stress-related outcomes. Moreover, music can be used to help in addressing serious mental health and substance use ...
In particular, music preference and responses during endurance exercise are the most well described of all modes of exercise. Dyrlund et al. investigated the effects of listening to preferred and non-preferred music during exercise on psychological responses to physical exertion . Two hundred total participants, including both males and females ...
Regular physical activity has multifarious benefits for physical and mental health, and music has been found to exert positive effects on physical activity. Summative literature reviews and conceptual models have hypothesized potential benefits and salient mechanisms associated with music listening in exercise and sport contexts, although no large-scale objective summary of the literature has ...
- Peter C. Terry, Costas I. Karageorghis, Michelle L. Curran, Olwenn V. Martin, Renée L. Parsons-Smith
- 2020
The theory of MMM was synthesized by combining the psychological and physiological responses of music to increase physical activity and improve health outcomes. It proposes that music alters mood, is a cue for movement, and makes physical activity more enjoyable leading to improved health outcomes of weight, blood pressure, blood sugar and cardiovascular risk factor management, and improved ...
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Recently, researchers looked at the impact of music interventionson health-related quality of life, and tried to answer the question about the best way to help make that shift toward release, relaxation, and rehabilitation. This recent systematic review and meta-analysis (a study of studies) showed that the use of music interventions (listening to ...
As complex human beings from a wide variety of cultures, with a variety of life experiences and mental and physical health needs, our connection with music is very personal. Our relationship with music can be a very beautiful, vulnerable, and often complicated dance that shifts from moment to moment based on our mood, preferences, social situation,...
Music therapyis an established health care profession that uses evidence-based music interventions to address therapeutic health care goals. Music therapy happens between a patient (and possibly their caregivers and/or family) and a board-certified music therapist who has completed an accredited undergraduate or graduate music therapy program. Musi...
Listening This intervention has been studied the most, in almost every scenario. It can be done either on your own or in music therapy. The music can be live or recorded. Listening can be done with intentional focus or as background listening. You can amplify emotions for release. You can use music to quiet the mind. Or you can utilize the "iso pri...
Although there is not one best intervention, magical song, or perfect genre to make all the hard things in life easier, music can be a powerful agent of change. Need some extra help finding the best music tools for you? Here are some resources for exploring music therapy and finding certified therapists. American Music Therapy Association Certified...
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Jul 26, 2022 · This recent systematic review and meta-analysis (a study of studies) showed that the use of music interventions (listening to music, singing, and music therapy) can create significant improvements in mental health, and smaller improvements in physical health-related quality of life. While the researchers found a positive impact on the ...
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Sep 7, 2021 · The body of research on music, health and well-being has developed rapidly in the past decade, yielding dozens of empirical studies, reviews (Daykin et al., 2018; Sheppard and Broughton, 2020), books (MacDonald et al., 2012; Bonde and Theorell, 2018), and journals such as the Journal of Music, Health and Well-being, The Arts in Psychotherapy ...
