Group music therapy for prisoners: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 224-241

  Chen, Xi Jing ^a   Hannibal, Niels ^a   Xu, Kevin ^b   Gold, Christian ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; group music therapy; prisoners; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907591688     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2013.854268     Document Type: Article

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