A five-week school-based music therapy program for bereaved students captured no statistically significant survey benefits but well-endorsed interview-reported benefits¶

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q2 i? Survey analysis of the Bereavement Group (five students, 14 scales) showed improvement on five scales but none statistically significant, while interviews reported benefits such as increased social connection (n=5/5) and affect (n=5/5). → Crooke 2014

Evidence¶

Crooke 2014¶

Crooke, A. H. D., & McFerran, K. S. (2014). Recommendations for the investigation and delivery of music programs aimed at achieving psychosocial wellbeing benefits in mainstream schools. Australian Journal of Music Education, 2014(1), 15-37. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1061963

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Pre-post survey evaluation of a weekly five-week school-based music therapy program for six bereaved students, with surveys and interviews conducted with five students. The article reports "no scale results were statistically significant" despite interview-reported benefits.

"No PSWB benefits were captured in the analysis of the survey data. Mean change scores did show improvement on 5 scales, yet no scale results were statistically significant."

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Related Claims¶

• A four-week classroom music program (Keys to Success) produced no statistically significant self-reported PSWB benefits in a quasi-experimental study with Year 7 students — related
• Interviews after the Keys to Success program reported some PSWB benefits inconsistently, with students reporting they did not understand the program or the survey — related