Building musical lives: The impact of supporting musical play in the everyday lives of autistic children and their families

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.1177/03057356231193155

Caitlin Shaughnessy, Adam Ockelford, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, Wolfgang Mann

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Abstract

Musical spaces have been observed to be highly engaging for autistic children, ameliorating barriers often experienced in communication and interaction. Music interventions with this group are widespread and have frequently noted the importance of integrating caregivers. Yet beyond music therapy, there is limited research on how to support music-making in daily life for autistic children and their families. In particular, there is a lack of long-term ecological evidence with this group for how music can support everyday functioning, care routines, and wellbeing. In this study, 25 families participated in a 12-month program which supported the integration of music into everyday life. Families were interviewed at the end of the project regarding the effectiveness of music as a support for daily routines, play, and wellbeing. Qualitative thematic analysis highlighted how families implemented musical strategies in widespread ways as a medium to support communication, create valued opportunities for shared interaction, and as a way to scaffold everyday caring routines. Families’ uses of musical play strategies, as observed in this study, emphasize the importance of incorporating caregivers and home environments as part of arts programs for autistic children, and the effectiveness of empowering parents to use music as a tool to navigate everyday life.

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建立音乐生活:支持音乐表演对自闭症儿童及其家庭日常生活的影响

据观察，音乐空间对自闭症儿童具有很高的吸引力，可以改善交流和互动中经常遇到的障碍。这一群体的音乐干预很普遍，并且经常注意到整合照顾者的重要性。然而，除了音乐治疗之外，关于如何在自闭症儿童及其家庭的日常生活中支持音乐创作的研究有限。特别是，缺乏长期的生态学证据来证明音乐如何支持这一群体的日常功能、护理程序和健康。在这项研究中，25个家庭参加了一个为期12个月的项目，该项目支持音乐融入日常生活。在项目结束时，对家庭进行了采访，了解音乐作为日常生活、玩耍和健康支持的有效性。定性专题分析强调了家庭如何以广泛的方式实施音乐策略，作为支持交流的媒介，为共享互动创造有价值的机会，并作为一种支撑日常护理程序的方式。正如本研究所观察到的那样，家庭对音乐游戏策略的使用强调了将照顾者和家庭环境作为自闭症儿童艺术项目的一部分的重要性，以及授权父母将音乐作为导航日常生活的工具的有效性。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.