Submissions from 2026
Graduate music therapists’ experiences of using the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music as a form of supervision: A creative process for exploring work-based issues, professional identity, and personal wellbeing, Imogen N. Clark and Melissa Murphy
Submissions from 2025
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Music Therapy Assessment: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis, Kate A. Aitchison and Katrina Skewes McFerran
‘It’s like a hug’: examining the role of music-making for the well-being of youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andy Bennett, Ernesta Sofija, Ben Green, Paula Guerra, Frances Howard, and Ana Oliveira
Music and hypnosis for well-being in retirement homes: A pilot study, Josiane Bissonnette, Marie-Claude Guertin, Anne Marie Pinard, David Ogez, and Pierre Rainville
Fostering infant mental health through caretaker singing: counseling with musical care, Elizabeth Brown Vallim Brisola and Debi Maskell Graham
Mixed methods feasibility study of Music Attuned Technology Care via eHealth (MATCH) for people with complex behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia within an acute psychogeriatric ward, Ajay Castelino, Suzanne Dawson, Peixuan Li, Zara Thompson, Jeanette Tamplin, Bec Watt, Jessica Archbold, Karen Elaine Lamb, Sabine Braat, Tanara Vieira Sousa, and Felicity Anne Baker
Assessing the Acceptability and Potential Emotional Well-Being Outcomes of a Digital, Intergenerational Music Program for Older Adults Living with Dementia, Jennie L. Dorris, Ketki Raina, Stephen Neely, and Juleen Rodakowski
Therapeutic songwriting to enhance wellbeing and decrease depression in older people living in residential care: A lyrics analysis of participant-composed songs, Jasmin Eickholt, Jeanette Tamplin, and Imogen N. Clark
Music Therapy Intervention to Reduce Symptom Burden in Hospice Patients: A Descriptive Study, Madison H. Estell, Kevin J. Whitford, Angela M. Ulrich, Brianna E. Larsen, Christina Wood, Maureen L. Bigelow, Travis J. Dockter, Kimberly L. Schoonover, Amy J. Stelpflug, Jacob J. Strand, Monica P. Walton, and Maria I. Lapid
Effect of music therapy on emotional resilience, well-being, and employability: a quantitative investigation of mediation and moderation, Yingjie Feng and Mingda Wang
Integrating music and nature: a scoping review of research on interventions involving both music- and nature-based strategies for mental health and wellbeing, Michelle D. Hand, Emily S. Ihara, Morgan Moore, and Madison Shaw
Comparing two caregiver-delivered music listening interventions for community-dwelling people with dementia: A randomised controlled crossover pilot trial, Lena M. Hofbauer and Pd Francisca S. Rodriguez
Singing interventions for people living with Parkinson's: a systematic review and meta-analysis, J. Yoon Irons and David Sheffield
Hip-Hop and Rap Music Interventions on Mental Health and Well-Being: A Systematic Review, LaNita Jefferson, Ashley Waddington, Sabrina Johnson, and Jonathan Ohrt
Exploring the potential benefits of an online music-based meditation programme for family carers of people with dementia, Lisa Kelly, Katie Togher, Rosie Connolly, Betty Killeen, Ita Richardson, and Hilary Moss
Melodies of Well-Being: Examining the Influence of Community Music Care on Older Adults’ Well-Being, Liang-Ru Lin and Li-Fen Wang
Harmonizing Cognitive and Psychosocial Needs in Cognitive Training: Lessons Learned from Piano Training in Persons Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Rose Lin, Laura M. Robinson, Jing Jing Su, Elinor Freer, Sally Norton, Benzi M. Kluger, and Kathi L. Heffner
A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation and music therapy in mild cognitive impairment in Huntington's disease, Andrea Moreu-Valls, Arnau Puig-Davi, Saul Martinez-Horta, Gabriel Kulisevsky, Frederic Sampedro, Jesus Perez-Perez, Andrea Horta-Barba, Gonzalo Olmedo-Saura, Javier Pagonabarraga, and Jaime Kulisevsky
Exploring combined vibration and music interventions for acute stress reduction: insights from two experimental studies, Tomonori Motokawa and Tomomi Kato
How adults with chronic health conditions made self-administered music interventions (SAMIs) work: thematic synthesis from a mixed-studies systematic review, Napak Pakdeesatitwara, Imogen N. Clark, and Jeanette Tamplin
Music listening for wellbeing and coping during times of crisis, Emily Phillpotts, Nikolaos Fourlemadis, and Karin Petrini
Music-Based Interventions for the Wellbeing of People in Prison: A Systematic Review, Alex Roveda, Michelle Sydes, and William R. Wood
Music therapy approaches to support relationship quality in couples living with dementia: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study of music therapists’ reflections, Kristi Stedje, Tone Sæther Kvamme, Helen Odell-Miller, Karette A. Stensæth, Anna A. Bukowska, Jeanette Tamplin, Thomas Wosch, and Felicity Anne Baker
The effectiveness of combining interactive media based cognitive behaviour therapy with art and music therapies for ameliorating the generalised anxiety disorder of children exposed to abduction, Jiaqi Xu, Shamim Akhter, and Oberiri Destiny Apuke
Participatory online music creation as a crisis response: A qualitative case study, Yingjie Zheng and Hui Zhang
Submissions from 2024
Systematic Review on Music Interventions During Pregnancy in Favor of the Well-being of Mothers and Eventually Their Offspring, Johanna Maul, Susann Behnam, Pauline Wimberger, Wolfgang Henrich, and Birgit Arabin
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Music Interventions to Improve Sleep in Adults With Mental Health Problems, Nan Zhao, Helle Nystrup Lund, and Kira Vibe Jespersen
Submissions from 2023
Connecting Through Music: A Systematic Review of the Use of Music to Reduce Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rowena Cai, Gohar Zakaryan, Kevin Zhang, and Rachael Finnerty
Music-based Intervention Impacts for People With Eating Disorders: A Narrative Synthesis Systematic Review, Ee Xuen Chang, Joanne Brooker, Richard Hiscock, and Clare O'Callaghan
Associations Between Music Therapy, Pain and Heart Rate for Children Receiving Palliative Care, Angela M. Delaney, Anthony R. Herbert, Natalie Bradford, and Anne Bernard
Effects of Receptive Music Therapy Combined With Virtual Reality on Prevalent Symptoms in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Study Protocol, Agustina Iturri, María Adela Bertella, Marcelo Nicolás Dóvidas, Javier Spector, and Alberto Alonso Babarro
The effectiveness of a manualized hip-hop and rap intervention on well-being among black emerging adult men: A multiple baseline design, Lanita Jefferson and Jonathan Ohrt
Exploring Influencing Factors of Anxiety Improvement Following Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy in Young Adults with Cancer, Robert Knoerl, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods, Elizabeth Buchbinder, Lindsay Frazier, Ann LaCasce, Marlise R. Luskin, Carolyn S. Phillips, Katherine Thornton, Donna L. Berry, and Jennifer Ligibel
Music to Improve Sleep Quality in Adults With Depression-related Insomnia (MUSTAFI): Randomized Controlled Trial, Helle Nystrup Lund, Inge Nygaard Pedersen, Agnieszka M. Heymann-Szlachcinska, Maryla Tuszewska, Gustav Bizik, Jens Ivar Larsen, Antonio Drago, Eszter Kulhay, Anelia Larsen, Helle Østermark Sørensen, Bettina Grønbech, Lars Rye Bertelsen, Jan Brink Valentin, Jan Mainz, and Søren Paaske Johnsen
A qualitative systematic review of the experiences of sharing music for people living with dementia and their family care partners: The thread of connection, Kate McMahon, Imogen N. Clark, Karette Stensæth, Thomas Wosch, Helen Odell Miller, Anna Bukowska, and Felicity A. Baker
Feasibility of Therapeutic Music Listening in Fibromyalgia: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study, Alfredo Raglio, Raffaella Bettaglio, Marina R. Manera, Edoardo N. Aiello, Giulia Gontero, Chiara Imbriani, Luca Brischigiaro, Cesare Bonezzi, and Laura Demartini
Training Formal Caregivers in the Use of Live Music Interventions During Personal Care With Persons Living With Dementia: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review, Karyn Stuart-Röhm, Felicity A. Baker, and Imogen Clark
Utilising Emotion Monitoring for Developing Music Interventions for People with Dementia: A State-of-the-Art Review, Jessica G. J. Vuijk, Jeroen Klein Brinke, and Nikita Sharma
Music and Subjective Well-being in Older Chinese Adults: Perceived Stress Moderates the Mediating Effects of Emotional Adaptability, Jie Wang and Kyung Hyun Suh
Effect of Music Therapy on Older Adults With Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Min Wang, Jingwen Wu, and Hong Yan
Submissions from 2022
A Home-based Dyadic Music-with-movement Intervention for People With Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-randomized Effectiveness-implementation Design, D. S. K. Cheung, L. Y. W. Ho, L. C. K. Chan, R. K. H. Kwok, and C. K. Y. Lai
The Effects of a Dance and Music-based Intervention on Parkinson's Patients' Well-being: An Interview Study, B. Colombo, A. Rigby, M. Gnerre, and F. Biassoni
Music Therapy for People With Substance Use Disorders, Claire Ghetti, Xi-Jing Chen, Annette K. Brenner, Laurien G. Hakvoort, Lars Lien, Jorg Fachner, and Christian Gold
Integrative Review of Singing and Music Interventions for Family Carers of People Living With Dementia, S. Lee, T. Allison, D. O'Neill, P. Punch, E. Helitzer, and H. Moss
Promoting Well-being Among People With Early-stage Dementia and Their Family Carers Through Community-based Group Singing: A Phenomenological Study, S. Lee, D. O'Neill, and H. Moss
Observing Music Therapy in Dementia: Repeated Single-case Studies Assessing Well-being and Sociable Interaction, K. G. Madsø, H. Molde, K. M. Hynninen, and I. H. Nordhus
Isn't There Room for Music in Chronic Pain Management?, Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Anni Pitkäniemi, Teppo Särkämö, and Seppo Soinila
Analysis of Between-diagnoses Differences in Music-based Affect Regulatory Strategies in Adults With Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions: Implications for Transdiagnostic Application, Michael J. Silverman and Sonia Bourdaghs
Music-making in the Community With People Living With Dementia and Care-partners - 'I'm Leaving Feeling on Top of the World', S. K. Smith, A. Innes, and S. Bushell
Submissions from 2021
A Systematic Review of Music Therapy for Psychosocial Outcomes of Substance Use Clients, T. Edison Carter and Lisa S. Panisch
Creative Forces Programming With Military Families: Art Therapy, Dance/movement Therapy, and Music Therapy Brief Vignettes, Gioia Chilton, Rebecca Vaudreuil, Elizabeth K. Freeman, Nathaniel McLaughlan, Jessica Herman, and Stephen J. Cozza
How Participation in Group Singing in the Community Impacts on Emotional Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Group Singing Participants, Belinda Densley and Katrina Andrews
A Survey of the Contribution Made by UK Orchestras to the Health and Well-being Sectors, S. Derbyshire, F. Harvey, and M. Swann
Effects of Music Participation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis, Jennie L. Dorris, Stephen Neely, Lauren Terhorst, Helena M. VonVille, and Juleen Rodakowski
Effects of Music Participation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, J. L. Dorris, S. Neely, L. Terhorst, H. M. VonVille, and J. Rodakowski
Online Singing Groups for People With Dementia: Scoping Review, B. Dowson and J. Schneider
Enriched Music-supported Therapy for Chronic Stroke Patients: A Study Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial, J. Grau-Sánchez, E. Segura, D. Sanchez-Pinsach, P. Raghavan, T. F. Münte, A. M. Palumbo, A. Turry, E. Duarte, T. Särkämö, J. Cerquides, J. L. Arcos, and A. Rodríguez-Fornells
The Music Engagement Program for People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Pilot Feasibility Trial Outcomes, Amelia Gulliver, Georgia Pike, Michelle Banfield, Alyssa R. Morse, Natasha Katruss, Harley Valerius, Melanie Pescud, Mitchell McMaster, and Susan West
Mental Health and Music Engagement: Review, Framework, and Guidelines for Future Studies, D. E. Gustavson, P. L. Coleman, J. R. Iversen, H. H. Maes, R. L. Gordon, and M. D. Lense
The Effectiveness of Music as an Intervention for Dementia Patients in Acute Settings: A Literature Review, Kate Hack, Kate Martin, and Chris Atkinson
Music Technology Tools – a Therapist-in-a-box? Human–computer Interaction and the Co-creation of Mental Health, Kjetil Høyer Jonassen
Depression Symptoms Relationship With Music Use: Investigating the Role of Trait Affect, Musical Ability, Music Preferences, Sai Charan Kanagala, Thomas Schäfer, David M. Greenberg, and Anna Gabi?ska
Motivation to Make Music Matters: Daily Autonomous Motivation, Flow, and Well-being in Hobby Musicians, Friederike Koehler, Marco Warth, Beate Ditzen, and Andreas B. Neubauer
Effects of Maternal Singing During Kangaroo Care on Maternal Anxiety, Wellbeing, and Mother-infant Relationship After Preterm Birth: A Mixed Methods Study, Kaisamari Kostilainen, Kaija Mikkola, Jaakko Erkkilä, and Minna Huotilainen
Personalised Music for Residents With Dementia in an Australian Rural Aged-care Setting, A. Kuot, E. Barton, G. Tiri, T. McKinlay, J. Greenhill, and V. Isaac
Does Bedtime Music Listening Improve Subjective Sleep Quality and Next-morning Well-being in Young Adults? a Randomized Cross-over Trial, Nadyanna M. Majeed, Verity Y. Q. Lua, Jun Sen Chong, Zoey Lew, and Andree Hartanto
Exploring the Role and Impact of Group Songwriting With Multiple Stakeholders in Recovery-oriented Mental Health Services, Tríona McCaffrey, Paula Higgins, Clara Monahan, Sinéad Moloney, Siobhán Nelligan, Aoife Clancy, and Pui Sze Cheung
Evolving and Thriving - Keeping Music Therapy Alive in a Pandemic World: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Music Therapy Response in 2020, E. O'Brien, J. Bedggood, and A. Ayling
How Music May Support Perinatal Mental Health: An Overview, K. R. M. Sanfilippo, L. Stewart, and V. Glover
Functional Electrical Stimulation+ipad-based Music Therapy for Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke: Study Protocol for a Mixed Methods Randomised Controlled Trial, Tanya Marie Silveira, Simone Dorsch, Grace Thompson, and Jeanette Tamplin
Quantitative Comparison of Group-based Music Therapy Experiences in Adults With Substance Use Disorder on a Detoxification Unit: A Three-group Cluster-randomized Study, Michael J. Silverman
When Youth Musicking Is Play, Leslie Stewart Rose and June Countryman
How Singing Can Help People With Dementia and Their Family Care-partners: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis, Thematic Synthesis, and Meta-integration, Zara Thompson, Felicity A. Baker, Jeanette Tamplin, and Imogen N. Clark
Arts Engagement Trends in the United Kingdom and Their Mental and Social Wellbeing Implications: Hearts Survey, Urszula Tymoszuk, Neta Spiro, Rosie Perkins, Adele Mason-Bertrand, Kate Gee, and Aaron Williamon
The Benefits of Community-based Participatory Arts Activities for People Living With Dementia: A Thematic Scoping Review, M. C. Ward, C. Milligan, E. Rose, M. Elliott, and B. R. Wainwright
Exploring the Use of Music as an Intervention for Older People Living in Nursing Homes, H. Wijk, M. Neziraj, Å Nilsson, and E. J. Ung
Biomarkers of Stress in Music Interventions: A Systematic Review, M. M. Wong, T. Tahir, M. M. Wong, A. Baron, and R. Finnerty
The Effects of a Music and Singing Intervention During Pregnancy on Maternal Well-being and Mother-infant Bonding: A Randomised, Controlled Study, V. Wulff, P. Hepp, O. T. Wolf, P. Balan, C. Hagenbeck, T. Fehm, and N. K. Schaal
Small Music Programs for Mental Health and Well-being: An Evaluation Framework, NaYoung Yang, Rosemary H. Jenkins, Elizabeth Dubois, Harumi Quezada-Yamamoto, Helen Ward, and Cornelia Junghans
Music-based Intervention to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis, P. Ye, Z. Huang, H. Zhou, and Q. Tang
Expectancy Theory of Motivation and Substance Use Treatment: Implications for Music Therapy, Marshall Yoes and Michael J. Silverman
They’re (not) Playing Our Song: (Ir)religious Identity Moderates the Effects of Listening to Religious Music on Memory, Self‐esteem, and Mood, Renate Ysseldyk, Talib Karamally, Ashleigh Kelly, Thomas A. Morton, and S. Alexander Haslam
Effect of Music Intervention on Depression in Graduate Students, Pan Yuan Yuan, Sun Xiao Yun, Dang Yu Na, Meijun Chen, Lu Wang, and Lu Shen
Submissions from 2020
Teaching Music to Support Students: How Autonomy-supportive Music Teachers Increase Students’ Well-being, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, Emese Hruska, and Hayley Trower
Passion at the Heart of Musicians’ Well-being, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy and Robert J. Vallerand
Why Is Music Therapeutic for Neurological Disorders? the Therapeutic Music Capacities Model, O. Brancatisano, A. Baird, and W. F. Thompson
Participatory Music-making and Well-being Within Immigrant Cultural Practice: Exploratory Case Studies in South East Queensland, Australia, Melissa Cain, Lauren Istvandity, and Ali Lakhani
The Impact of a Community‐based Music Intervention on the Health and Well‐being of Young People: A Realist Evaluation, Francesca Caló, Artur Steiner, Stephen Millar, and Simon Teasdale
Live and Recorded Group Music Interventions With Active Participation for People With Dementias: A Systematic Review, A. Clare and P. M. Camic
Socially Inclusive Practices in the Music Classroom: The Impact of Music Education Used as a Vehicle to Engage Refugee Background Students, Renée Crawford
Impact of Music on Oncology Hospital Staff’s Well-being, Céline Delerue and Sandra Rabusseau
Empirical Analysis on the Intervention of Music Therapy on Mental Health of College Students, Yan Feng and Zhouyang Li
Haven: Sharing Receptive Music Listening to Foster Connections and Wellbeing for People With Dementia Who Are Nearing the End of Life, and Those Who Care for Them, C. E. Garabedian and F. Kelly
The Influence of Songwriting on Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: An Exploratory Study, Esther García-Valverde, Marta Badia, Mª Begoña Orgaz, and Elena Gónzalez-Ingelmo
Receptive Music Therapy to Reduce Stress and Improve Wellbeing in Italian Clinical Staff Involved in Covid-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study, Filippo Giordano, Elide Scarlata, Mariagrazia Baroni, Eleonora Gentile, Filomena Puntillo, Nicola Brienza, and Loreto Gesualdo
The Influence of Postoperative Environment on Patient Pain and Satisfaction: A Randomized Trial, A. M. Hill, C. C. Crisp, A. Shatkin-Margolis, T. Tam, E. Yook, S. Kleeman, and R. N. Pauls
Influence and Application of Music Education on Mental Health Improvement of College Students, Bo Jiang
A Community Choir Intervention to Promote Well-being Among Diverse Older Adults: Results from the Community of Voices Trial, J. K. Johnson, A. L. Stewart, M. Acree, A. M. Nápoles, J. D. Flatt, W. B. Max, and S. E. Gregorich
From Music Making to Affective Well-being in Everyday Life: The Mediating Role of Need Satisfaction, Friederike Koehler and Andreas B. Neubauer
Effects of Student- and School-level Music Concert Attendance on Subjective Well-being: A Longitudinal Study of Korean Adolescents, Seulgi Kwon, Boungho Choi, and Soowon Park