The music of my life: The impact of the Musical Presentation on the sense of purpose in life and on self-consciousness

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-178

  Bensimon, Moshe ^a   Gilboa, Avi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arts based interventions; Drug abusers; Johari's Window; Musical identity; Purpose in life; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; MUSICAL PRESENTATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; WELLBEING;

EID: 77954218650     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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