Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 151 Barry Street, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
J Music Ther. 2013 Spring;50(1):25-52. doi: 10.1093/jmt/50.1.25.
Providing opportunities for children to process loss and express grief in response to the loss of a loved one has been shown to assist with successful coping (Worden, 1996). Songwriting may be a relevant method that fosters the expression of thoughts and feelings related to the loss.
The purpose of this study was to analyse lyrics written by bereaved children during individual music therapy and to determine if they did use the opportunity to address grief through songwriting.
Participants were 14 bereaved children (13 girls, 1 boy) aged between 7 and 12 years. Children were recruited and participated in individual music therapy in their homes with a credentialed music therapist. Participants wrote a total of 49 songs and their lyrics were analysed using a mixed methods content analysis. An inductive analysis identified categories existing within the lyrics and each lyric was then deductively attributed to one of the categories.
Results revealed that the children wrote songs about themselves, their experiences, and their relationships, including, but not limited to the topic of loss.
It became apparent that through songwriting these children expressed their experiences of the world based on their developmental capacities and limitations.
为孩子提供处理失去亲人的机会,并表达悲伤,已被证明有助于成功应对(Worden,1996)。歌曲创作可能是一种相关的方法,可以促进与失去相关的思想和感受的表达。
本研究的目的是分析丧亲儿童在个体音乐治疗中所写的歌词,并确定他们是否通过歌曲创作来处理悲伤。
参与者为 14 名丧亲儿童(13 名女孩,1 名男孩),年龄在 7 至 12 岁之间。儿童通过认证的音乐治疗师在其家中招募并参与个体音乐治疗。参与者共创作了 49 首歌曲,他们的歌词采用混合方法内容分析法进行了分析。通过归纳分析确定了歌词中存在的类别,然后将每首歌词演绎地归入其中一个类别。
结果表明,这些孩子写的歌曲涉及他们自己、他们的经历和他们的关系,包括但不限于失去亲人的话题。
显然,通过歌曲创作,这些孩子根据自己的发展能力和局限性表达了他们对世界的体验。