Music Interventions and Child Development: A Critical Review and Further Directions
Dumont E, Syurina EV, Feron FJM, van Hooren S
Frontiers in psychology · 21 citations
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- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Funding not disclosed
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- Published
- 2017-09-29 · Front Psychol · vol. 8 · p. 1694
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media
- Cited
- 111 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 3.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 76 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Neuroscience and Music Perception · Music Therapy and Health · Early Childhood Education and Development
- Keywords
- Psychological intervention, Psychology, Intervention (counseling), Music therapy, Inclusion (mineral), Music education, Child development, Musical, Developmental psychology, Variety (cybernetics), Quality (philosophy), Medical education, Applied psychology, Pedagogy, Psychotherapist, Social psychology, Medicine
4 authors
From NL
- Elisabeth Dumont · correspondingZuyd University of Applied Sciences
- Elena V. SyurinaMaastricht University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- FRANS J.M. FERONMaastricht University
- Susan van HoorenZuyd University of Applied Sciences
Abstract
Research on the impact of music interventions has indicated positive effects on a variety of skills. These findings suggest musical interventions may have further potential to support educational processes and development of children. This paper reviews the latest evidence on the effect of musical interventions on the development of primary school-aged children. Four electronic databases were searched from January 2010 through June 2016 using music, music instruction, music education, music lesson, music training, development, child, student, and pupil as key words for the search. Two reviewers independently evaluated the studies to determine whether they met the stated inclusion criteria. Studies were compared on study setup, methodological quality, intervention components, outcome variables, and efficacy. A review of these selected studies (n = 46) suggestive beneficial effects of music intervention on development of children, although clear conclusions cannot be drawn. Possible influencing factors that might contribute to the outcome of intervention are reviewed and recommendations for further research are made.
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