title: The effect of music video exposure on students' perceived clinical applications of popular music in the field of music therapy: a pilot study.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of video exposure on music therapy students' perceptions of clinical applications of popular music in the field of music therapy. Fifty-one participants were randomly divided into two groups and exposed to a popular song in either audio-only or music video format. Participants were asked to indicate clinical applications; specifically, participants chose: (a) possible population(s), (b) most appropriate population(s), (c) possible age range(s), (d) most appropriate age ranges, (e) possible goal area(s) and (f) most appropriate goal area. Data for each of these categories were compiled and analyzed, with no significant differences found in the choices made by the audio-only and video groups. Three items, (a) selection of the bereavement population, (b) selection of bereavement as the most appropriate population and (c) selection of the age ranges of pre teen/mature adult, were additionally selected for further analysis due to their relationship to the video content. Analysis results revealed a significant difference between the video and audio-only groups for the selection of these specific items, with the video group's selections more closely aligned to the video content. Results of this pilot study suggest that music video exposure to popular music can impact how students choose to implement popular songs in the field of music therapy.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Lori F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori-Inoue
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000193:education*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014743:Videotape Recording