Sharing My Music with You: The Musical Presentation as a Tool for Exploring, Examining and Enhancing Self-Awareness in a Group Setting

Autor/inn/en	Bensimon, Moshe; Amir, Dorit
Titel	Sharing My Music with You: The Musical Presentation as a Tool for Exploring, Examining and Enhancing Self-Awareness in a Group Setting
Quelle	In: Journal of Creative Behavior, 44 (2010) 4, S.259-277 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0175
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Self Concept; Cognitive Structures; Sharing Behavior; Group Dynamics; Music Therapy; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Feedback (Response); Cognitive Psychology; Models; Interpersonal Communication; Therapeutic Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Gruppendynamik; Musiktherapie; Kognitive Psychologie; Analogiemodell; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Musical presentation (MP) is a diagnostic and therapeutic music therapy tool which focuses on the participant's emotional exploration and awareness-insight development. Using this tool people present themselves through music of their choice and subsequently receive feedback from their peers. This study investigates MP as a tool for enhancing self-awareness in the context of a voluntary activity that was integrated in courses for undergraduate students in order to demonstrate its possible uses. Open-ended in-depth interviews with 15 MP presenters and focus-group interviews with 41 MP peers who listened to the presentations were conducted. The Johari Window, which is a cognitive psychological model used to help people better understand their interpersonal communication and relationships, served as a conceptual framework for this study. Qualitative analysis of the data showed that presenters' self-awareness was enhanced through the use of both music and words. As an accessible and creative tool, the MP can be used as a way for people in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic settings to present themselves via their music to a group and increase their self-awareness. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10