Randomized Trial of Group Music Therapy With Chinese Prisoners: Impact on Anxiety, Depression, and Self-Esteem
Chen XJ, Hannibal N, Gold C
International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 28 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2015-03-02 · Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol · vol. 60 · issue 9 · pp. 1064–1081
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Cited
- 91 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 6.6× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 49 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Diverse Music Education Insights
- Keywords
- Beck Depression Inventory, Anxiety, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Randomized controlled trial, Clinical psychology, Music therapy, Self-esteem, Psychology, Depression (economics), Test (biology), Group psychotherapy, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Psychiatry, Physical therapy, Medicine
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, depression, anxiety, self concept, psychotherapy, group, age factors, adolescent, adult, middle aged, prisoners, educational status, china, male, young adult
3 authors
From DK, NO
- Xijing Chen · correspondingAalborg University
- Niels HannibalAalborg University
- Christian GoldUni Research (Norway)
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of group music therapy on improving anxiety, depression, and self-esteem in Chinese prisoners. Two-hundred male prisoners were randomly assigned to music therapy (n = 100) or standard care (n = 100). The music therapy had 20 sessions of group therapy compared with standard care. Anxiety (State and Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]), depression (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]), and self-esteem (Texas Social Behavior Inventory [TSBI], Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory [RSI]) were measured by standardized scales at baseline, mid-program, and post-program. Data were analyzed based on the intention to treat principle. Compared with standard care, anxiety and depression in the music therapy condition decreased significantly at mid-test and post-test; self-esteem improved significantly at mid-test (TSBI) and at post-test (TSBI, RSI). Improvements were greater in younger participants (STAI-Trait, RSI) and/or in those with a lower level of education (STAI-State, STAI-Trait). Group music therapy seems to be effective in improving anxiety, depression, and self-esteem and was shown to be most beneficial for prisoners of younger age or with lower education level.
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