Harman Elizabeth, Stegenga Kristin, Robb Sheri L
School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
J Music Ther. 2025 Jan 10;62(1). doi: 10.1093/jmt/thae024.
Therapist attributes are known to contribute to positive therapeutic outcomes and are important to effective training and clinical practice. Although well researched in psychology and play therapy, few studies have directly explored music therapist attributes. To explore and understand these descriptions, we conducted a secondary analysis of parent interview data from a multisite trial investigating a music therapist-delivered intervention for young children with cancer and their parents. We used qualitative descriptive analysis to identify music therapists' attributes as described by parents who participated in the intervention. Our inductive analysis of 28 interviews revealed 135 descriptors of music therapists. We discovered that these descriptions grouped naturally using essential therapist attributes of supportive, attuned, and nonjudgemental, as identified in the extant literature. This analysis highlights music therapists' attributes perceived as central to their work with parents and young children in cancer settings.
已知治疗师的特质有助于产生积极的治疗效果，对有效的培训和临床实践很重要。虽然在心理学和游戏治疗方面已有充分研究，但很少有研究直接探讨音乐治疗师的特质。为了探索和理解这些描述，我们对一项多地点试验中的家长访谈数据进行了二次分析，该试验调查了音乐治疗师为患癌幼儿及其家长提供的干预措施。我们使用定性描述分析来确定参与干预的家长所描述的音乐治疗师的特质。我们对28次访谈的归纳分析揭示了135个音乐治疗师的描述词。我们发现，这些描述词自然地归为现存文献中所确定的支持性、协调性和无评判性等基本治疗师特质类别。该分析突出了音乐治疗师的特质，这些特质被认为是他们在癌症环境中与家长和幼儿合作的核心。
