Latest PhD Theses in Music Therapy

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2011

Märith Bergström-Isacsson (2011): Music and Vibroacoustic Stimulation in People with Rett Syndrome –
A Neurophysiological Study
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Defence: 04.11.2011

Melody Schwantes (2011) Music Therapy’s Effects on Mexican Migrant Farmworkers’ Levels of Depression, Anxiety and Social Isolation: A Mixed Methods Randomized Control Trial Utilizing Participatory Action Research
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Defence: 07.11.2011

Valgerdur Jonsdottir (2011): Music-caring within the framework of early intervention. The lived experience of a group of mothers of young children with special needs, participating in a music therapy group
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Defence: 07.11.2011

2010

Jeff Hooper (2010): The development of Criteria for defining sedative music, and its impact on adults with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disability and challenging behavior
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Charlotte Lindvang (2010): A Field of Resonant Learning.
Self-experiential Training and the Development of Music Therapeutic Competencies. A Mixed Methods Investigation of Music Therapy Students’ Experiences and Professional’s evaluation of their own competencies
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2008

Schou, Karin (2008): A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of the Effect of Guided Relaxation with Music (GAM) on Anxiety, Pain, Mood, Satisfaction with Hospital Stay, and on Length of Hospitalisation in Cardiac Valve Surgery Patients.
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