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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kim, Kyungsuk

Titel

Development and Validation Study of a Music Therapy Assessment Profile for Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of a researcher-developed music therapy assessment profile for clients who are diagnosed as having Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), which is one of the largest client groups for music therapists. Based on a review of related literature, the researcher constructed a music therapy assessment profile and a questionnaire to collect data about the instrument from experts in music therapy/music education and clinical music therapists. To establish content validity, a total of 12 experts in music therapy and music education participated in the study. For the 1st review, three of the 12 were asked to make comments and suggestions for improvement of the researcher's original draft. For the 2nd review, six (66.7%) returned the form including their item classification and overall comments. Of the 120 items, 91 (76%) were presented in perfect agreement between the experts while twenty nine or 24% of the 120 items were placed into different domains by the experts. After some modifications based on the experts' review, the form and questionnaire were sent to 43 music therapists who work with PDDs; 28 were music therapists in the United States and 15 were Korean therapists. A total of 24 (55.9%), twelve from each country, returned the questionnaire. Most (97.9%) of the respondents reported that an assessment was an important process in music therapy, and 50% were behavioral approach based therapists followed by eclectic approach. The most remarkable difference between the responses was the music skill domain as one of the areas of assessment. Another issue was the practical using of assessment related to the work settings of therapists. Concerning the MT-MAP, most of them commented positively on the thoroughness and the ability to view results graphically, while the length and unwieldiness of the form were considered weak points. The domain in most frequent disagreement was ‘Music skill’. Although forty one (37.3%) items were place into different domains by the respondents, 90 items that showed dramatically high agreement were suggested by the researcher for future study and practical use of MT-MAP.