Professional and patient attitudes about the relevance of music therapy as a treatment modality in NAMT approved psychiatric hospitals / by Byung-Chuel Choi.
| Author/creator | Choi, Byung-Chuel |
| Other author | National Association for Music Therapy. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | 1996. |
| Description | v, 169 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. The problem and its setting ; The purpose ; Definition of terms ; The hypotheses ; Importance of the study -- Review of the literature. Overview of music therapy in psychiatry ; Job satisfaction ; Professional respect ; Professional recognition ; Insufficient salary ; Clinical competency ; Treatment goals ; Education components -- Design of the study. Survey development ; Questionnaire development ; Other considerations ; Distribution and collection of survey forms ; Data presentation and statistical procedure ; Assessing reliability and validity -- Presentation and analysis of results. Staff form results ; Music therapist form results ; The test of the hypotheses ; Answer to research questions -- Summary, conclusions, and recommendations -- Appendices. Information request form ; Letter to training directors ; Follow up letter to training directors ; Hospitals responding to the information request form ; Letter to training directors for distributing surveys ; Letter to music therapists ; Music therapist form 1 (music therapy job satisfaction) ; Music therapist form 2 (music therapy clinical services) ; Letter to staff members ; Staff form 1 (identification of music therapy profession) ; Staff form 2 (evaluation of the music therapist on a treatment team) ; Staff form 3 (clinical evaluation of the music therapy services) ; Letter to patients ; Patient form ; ANOVA tables (the staff survey form) ; Ranking comparison between disciplines ; ANOVA tables (music therapists' responses from different job titles). |
| Summary | The purpose of this study was to investigate mental health professionals' and patients' attitudes regarding the perceived relevance of the music therapy treatment modality. The study focused on attitudinal differences among interdisciplinary team members and also on those between staff and patients regarding their views of music therapy's role, strengths, and weaknesses. In addition, the study investigated whether music therapists' attitudes and expectations matched those of other professionals, whether the psychiatric hospital was a practical setting in which to address music therapy treatment goals and issues, and how they felt about the position. This category was named "music therapists' job satisfaction", and included areas such as job respect, job recognition, salary, competency and educational components, and professional credential. Survey forms were mailed to eighteen music therapy clinical training directors who were willing to distribute surveys to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, nursing staff, and patients in NAMT approved psychiatric facilities, or to subjects directly, when the training director provided individual staff names from his or her hospital. Music therapist survey forms were sent to music therapists whose names were listed in inpatient psychiatric units in the 1995 NAMT membership sourcebook. Most health care professionals reported a positive image about the music therapy profession and music therapists, although significant differences existed among the various subject classes' perceptions. Psychiatrists viewed music therapy as less than essential therapeutic intervention. Psychologists and social workers responded less positively to treatment goals that they consider to be "their" treatment area but they valued music therapy primarily for therapeutic recreation. Staff members who have observed music therapy sessions valued music therapy services more highly than staff who have not made such observations. Patients valued music therapy treatment less than other professionals. Music therapists rated music therapy service as having a higher treatment value than other disciplines, including rehabilitation therapists with different areas of specialty. |
| Dissertation note | Ph. D. University of Kansas, Music and Dance 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-139). |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 1999. v, 169 p. ; 22 cm. |