Adolescents’ use of music for pain management

Journal

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Year

2025

Abstract

To investigate the experiences of adolescents with chronic pain who participated in an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program, this secondary study analyzes the themes that emerged regarding the spontaneous utilization of music in coping strategies for chronic pain. During research interviews focused on coping skills and treatment engagement, participants spontaneously reported using music as an effective coping strategy for managing pain. A deductive thematic analysis revealed key themes related to their usage, including using music as a distractor, motivator and in other ways as coping strategies. Since participants indicated that music is essential to their experiences of coping with pain, incorporating these strategies could improve the effectiveness of treatment protocols. To this end, further investigation is necessary to assess the impact of music on adolescents with chronic pain, focusing on its role in enhancing interdisciplinary treatment.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Pain; Chronic Pain; Pain Management and Control; Pain Severity; Coping; Adolescents; Receptive Music Methods; Music Listening; Music as Distraction; Resilience; Subjective Measures

Indexed Terms

intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment; pain; pain management strategies; pediatric

Study Type

Case Study; Qualitative Methods

PubMed ID

Publisher: Frontiers

Document Type

Article

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