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Derrington 2012 thesis.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

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are, whatever educational setting they are in, there is a need to offer them therapeutic<br />

support.<br />

Music therapy’s impact on improving emotional well-being in young people needs to<br />

be evaluated to meet the demand for evidence-based practice. The gap is not just in<br />

the published literature but in the clinical field which is why there needs to be further<br />

research. The findings from this review led me to design a method that would<br />

systematically gather data from students receiving music therapy, both through<br />

quantitative and qualitative means. For example, the study by Ierardi (2.5.1)<br />

influenced the development of my design and in particular on the choice of<br />

questionnaires and how they would be administered.<br />

It is also not surprising that another project looking at the effects of music therapy on<br />

adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems (Doran, 2010), referred to in<br />

section 2.3.3, began soon after mine as the literature calls for more research. Such<br />

studies together will hopefully help to promote the development of new work as well<br />

as present evaluation to established services and further the cause for music therapy<br />

with adolescents.<br />

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