Effects of music therapy for children and adolescents with psychopathology: A meta-analysis

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1054-1063

  Gold, Christian ^a   Voracek, Martin ^b   Wigram, Tony ^c  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Developmental delay; Meta analysis; Music; Music therapy; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUSIC THERAPY;

EID: 4444312784     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.t01-1-00298.x     Document Type: Review

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