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compared to the second wave of data collection (when their block of music therapy
finished) and the results are included in appendix 6.4b. They are very similar to the
results after the short-term follow-up and in summary show that:
• Most students scored a decrease in their level of self-concept
• All students reported a decrease in anxiety
• All students reported a decrease in disruptive behaviour
The scores according to the Beck clinical ranges in appendix 6.4c show that the
students’ levels of self-concept vary from below to above average: eight of the ten
students (80%) reported a score which is an average level for anxiety and seven
(70%) scored average for disruptive behaviour.
The data shown in figure 6.4.4 show the change scores for group A between the third
and fourth data collection, during which time they had continued to receive no further
music therapy. It is particularly interesting that some students (56%) reported an
increase in anxiety and disruptive behaviour and most students (60%) considered
their self-concept to be lower which suggests, as before, that some students need
longer than 20 weeks for music therapy to build on this.
Figure 6.4.4 Group A: the difference between Beck scores from long-term follow-up
Group A's change scores between data collection
3 and 4
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