The potential of group music education for developing empathy: An empirical study

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI:10.1177/03057356231183873

Laura Cuervo, Emilia Campayo

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Abstract

This study examines the effect on students’ empathy of using group music activities based on composition and improvisation strategies. The research was carried out over a 9-month period using a pre–posttest control group quasi-experimental design. Sixty-three students took part in the study: 32 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index scale was used to provide a multidimensional approach to measure empathy. The scale’s cognitive components, perspective taking and fantasy, and its emotional components, empathic concern and personal distress, were adopted in the study. The research design used was quasi-experimental, as it was not possible to randomize the sample. Results show significant differences in empathy and cooperation skills between secondary students after implementing the music composition and improvisation activities in the experimental group. These students enhanced their ability to break with routine and place themselves in an imaginary situation that they associated with their musical creations. Moreover, helping them to understand others through the translation of personal emotions and moods into musical sequences contributed to the development of consideration of others’ viewpoints and helped to reduce confrontation in the classroom. This way, musical activities in groups based on creative strategies had potential to improve students’ empathy.

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集体音乐教育在培养移情能力方面的潜力：实证研究

本研究探讨了基于作曲和即兴创作策略的集体音乐活动对学生移情能力的影响。研究采用前测-后测对照组准实验设计，历时 9 个月。63 名学生参加了研究：实验组 32 人，对照组 31 人。人际反应指数量表用于多维度测量移情。本研究采用了该量表的认知成分--观点采取和幻想，以及情感成分--移情关注和个人痛苦。由于无法对样本进行随机抽样，因此采用了准实验研究设计。结果表明，在实验组开展音乐创作和即兴表演活动后，中学生之间的移情能力和合作能力存在明显差异。这些学生提高了打破常规、将自己置身于与音乐创作相关联的想象情境中的能力。此外，通过将个人情感和情绪转化为音乐序列，帮助他们理解他人，有助于培养他们考虑他人观点的能力，也有助于减少课堂上的对抗。因此，以创造性策略为基础的小组音乐活动有可能提高学生的移情能力。

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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.