WHAT'S IN THE MUSIC? A LIFESPAN MODEL OF EMOTIONAL AND MUSICAL CREATIVITY IN THERAPEUTIC SONGWRITING

Reliability and validity of the Meaningfulness of Songwriting Scale with university students taking a popular songwriting class

Felicity Anne Baker, Raymond Afredo Rossi MacDonald, Mark Clement Pollard

2018-01-01

Background: Songwriting is emerging as a popular activity for use in therapeutic contexts suggested. Our study tested the properti..

Flow and meaningfulness as predictors of therapeutic outcome within songwriting interventions

Michael J Silverman, Felicity A Baker, Raymond AR MacDonald

2016-11-01

There has been inadequate consideration of how flow and meaning impact health within music therapy interventions. The purpose of t..

A theoretical framework and therapeutic songwriting protocol to promote integration of self-concept in people with acquired neurological injuries

Jeanette Tamplin, Felicity A Baker, Raymond AR Macdonald, Chantal Roddy, Nikki S Rickard

2016-04-02

A positive self-concept after neurological injury is associated with enhanced quality of life and good mental health. Therefore, e..

Reliability and Validity of the Meaningfulness of Songwriting Scale (MSS) with Adults on Acute Psychiatric and Detoxification Units

Felicity A Baker, Michael J Silverman, Raymond MacDonald

2016-03-01

BACKGROUND: Songwriting is an intervention with demonstrated clinical benefit for a range of clinical populations. Researchers arg..

Shaping identities through therapeutic songwriting.

F BAKER, R MacDonald

2016-01-01

Therapeutic Songwriting - Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice

FA Baker

2015-01-01

Therapeutic Songwriting provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary methods and models of songwriting as used for therape..

What about the music? Music therapists' perspectives on the role of music in the therapeutic songwriting process

Felicity A Baker

2015-01-01

Outcomes-oriented studies and lyric analyses have been extensively used to understand the effects of therapeutic songwriting. Ther..

An investigation of the sociocultural factors impacting on the therapeutic songwriting process

Felicity A Baker

2014-01-01

This study explores the sociocultural factors that impact on the therapeutic songwriting process as perceived by 45 expert music t..

Experiences of creating personally meaningful songs within a therapeutic context

Felicity Anne Baker, Raymond AR MacDonald

2014-01-01

Background: This study investigated the songwriting experiences of 13 students and 13 retirees who engaged in quasi-therapeutic so..

Flow, identity, achievement, satisfaction and ownership during therapeutic songwriting experiences with university students and retirees

Felicity A Baker, Raymond AR MacDonald

2013-06-01

A within-subjects study of non-music major university students and retirees aimed to measure the extent of flow, sense of self, ac..

The environmental conditions that support or constrain the therapeutic songwriting process

Felicity A Baker

2013-04-01

Understanding the impact of the environment on the therapeutic songwriting process, and indeed music therapy in general is both im..

The ongoing life of participant-composed songs within and beyond the clinical setting

Felicity A Baker

2013-03-01

Participants engaging in music therapy programs may create personally meaningful songs as part of their therapy process. Sometimes..

Front and center stage: Participants performing songs created during music therapy

Felicity A Baker

2013-02-01

This study sought to understand what impact and role the performance of self-composed songs played in the therapeutic songwriting ..

Music therapists' perceptions of the impact of croup factors on thetherapeutic songwriting process

FA Baker

2013-01-01

Studies on group songwriting have tended to document successful group songwriting processes. Conversely, there is a dearth of lite..