Combined treatment of improvisation and desensitization to alleviate music performance anxiety in female college pianists: A pilot study

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Kim, Youngshin ^a,b  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Graduate School of Music Therapy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 15244363695     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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