Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

After every session questionnaires (a) + (b) + (d) were completed. At pre-test, post-
test and follow-up (6 weeks later after last session) all questionnaires, including (c),
were completed. Two to four weeks after follow-up all participants were interviewed.
The qualitative investigation includes the following data:
a) Six semi-structured interviews with the participants, carried out, transcribed
and translated by the researcher
b) The therapist’s session notes and overview of all sessions, reported in a
specific five-columns format
c) Mini-disc recordings of the music-listening parts of the sessions
d) Recordings and scores of selected music used in the sessions.
The qualitative analyses comprises:
Results
1) A grounded theory analysis of the six semi-structured interviews,
2) A grounded theory analysis of images and metaphors in all sessions,
3) Two case studies – a hermeneutic/mimetic analysis of the imagery and
its development in two participants, and related to quantitative data
4) An event structure analyses of the interrelationship of music and
imagery in four music selections,
5) A grounded theory inspired categorization of the music used in the
project.
Results of the quantitative data analysis (chapter 5) were presented through
descriptive statistics of the sample scores, calculation of Effect size, and inferential
statistics (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test) calculated on (selected) scores of the three
questionnaires.The results here revealed changes in the way subjects reported anxiety,
depression, quality of life and global attitude to life when comparing pre-test with
post-test, and at follow up. Anxiety scores reported in the HADS decreased for five of
the six participants, and a significant effect was found from pre-test to follow-up (p =
.045). The size of the effects of treatment on anxiety over time was very large at both
post-test (ES = 1.09) and follow-up (ES = 1.33). Depression scores decreased for two
participants at post-test, and for four participants at follow-up. No significant effects
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