A Decade of Music Therapy in Korea
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| Title | A Decade of Music Therapy in Korea |
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| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the trends of research in music therapy through the analysis of studies from 1997 to 2005, and to make some directions for the future development of music therapy research in Korea. In this study, a total of 488 theses including masters and doctoral degrees, were analyzed by researchers degree, publication resources, client population, research methods, and research objectives. The results of this study were listed as follows. First, the target theses were categorized as follows; 5 doctoral and 483 masters theses. In other respect, 276 were theses from music therapy programs and 212 were those from other programs. Second, regarding client population, 228 theses were about client with disabilities, 190 with non-disabilities, 29 with medical patients, and 41 others. Third, research methods of each thesis were categorized as 411 quantitative studies, 64 literature studies, 2 qualitative studies, and 11 quantitative-qualitative mixed studies. Fourth, in the target number of research, the field of emotion was the highest with 35%. |
| Publisher | Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre, Uni Health, Uni Research |
| Date | 1970-01-01 |
| Source | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy Vol 6, No 2 (2006) |
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