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6.4.2 The Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth: descriptive statistics
The results from this short-term follow-up data show that all the students reported a
decrease in their anxiety levels, as shown in figure 6.4.2.
Figure 6.4.2 The difference in BAI scores after a period of no music therapy
Short-term follow-up change scores for BAI
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The previous data from the BAI showed that most of The Centre School students
tended to the norm in their self-assessments. These results show that the students in
both groups, and therefore both schools, reported a decrease in anxiety. This is
evident in table 6.4a.II (in appendix 6.4) which shows that the standard deviation is
similar between the groups (group A=6.23; group B=6.54) and the minimum and
maximum scores are comparable (minimum for group A= -49 compared to group
B=45; maximum for group A= -31 compared to group B= -26).
These are positive results and at face value show that students are experiencing less
anxiety. However, following the previous assertion that students can be reluctant to
admit any feeling of anxiety (6.2.2), these results could also be interpreted in this
way. Without further music therapy students have not been afforded the opportunity
to address such difficult feelings.
In order to understand these results further, the scores can also be observed using the
Beck clinical range (table 6.2c.ii and table 6.2d.ii in appendix 6.2). These show that
among The Centre School students, one is still at an anxiety level of extremely
elevated, one is at moderately elevated and another is at mildly elevated. On the other
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