Impact of group music therapy on the depression mood of college students
Jinliang Wang, Haizhen Wang, Dajun Zhang
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DOI: 10.4236/health.2011.33028   PDF    HTML     10,461 Downloads   25,836 Views   Citations

Abstract

The goal of this study was to examine the effects of group music therapy on depression and mental health among college students. 80 students participated in this study, with 40 assigned to control group and other 40 assigned to experimental group. The results showed that after the group music therapy, for the experimental group, the depression scores have reduced significantly and the mental health scores have improved, while for the control group, no significant difference was obtained on the de-pression and mental health scores. This indicates that group music therapy can effectively reduce depression and improve mental health.

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Wang, J. , Wang, H. and Zhang, D. (2011) Impact of group music therapy on the depression mood of college students. Health, 3, 151-155. doi: 10.4236/health.2011.33028.

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