- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Emotions Expressed and Aroused by Music
- Chapter 3 Emotion in Culture and History
- Chapter 4 At the Interface Between the Inner and Outer World
- Chapter 5 Towards a Neurobiology of Musical Emotions
- Chapter 6 Exploring the Habitus of Listening
- Chapter 7 Emotion as Social Emergence
- Chapter 8 Self-Report Measures and Models
- Chapter 9 Continuous Self-Report Methods
- Chapter 10 Indirect Perceptual, Cognitive, and Behavioural Measures
- Chapter 11 Psychophysiological Measures
- Chapter 12 Functional Neuroimaging
- Chapter 13 Emotion and Composition in Classical Music
- Chapter 14 The Role of Structure in the Musical Expression of Emotions
- Chapter 15 Emotion and Motivation in the Lives of Performers
- Chapter 16 The Role of Negative Emotions in Performance Anxiety
- Chapter 17 Expression And Communication of Emotion in Music Performance
- Chapter 18 Music in Everyday Life
- Chapter 19 Experimental Aesthetics and Liking for Music
- Chapter 20 Strong Experiences with Music
- Chapter 21 Musical Expectancy and Thrills
- Chapter 22 How Does Music Evoke Emotions?
- Chapter 23 Perspectives on Music and Affect in the Early Years
- Chapter 24 Preference, Personality, and Emotion
- Chapter 25 The Influence of Affect on Music Choice
- Chapter 26 Politics, Mediation, Social Context, and Public Use
- Chapter 27 Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences
- Chapter 28 Music Education
- Chapter 29 Music Therapy
- Chapter 30 Music, Health, and Well-Being
- Chapter 31 Music as a Source of Emotion in Film
- Chapter 32 Music and Marketing
- Chapter 33 The Past, Present, and Future of Music and Emotion Research
- Index
Music, Health, and Well-Being
Music, Health, and Well-Being
- Chapter:
- (p.849) Chapter 30 Music, Health, and Well-Being
- Source:
- Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications
- Author(s):
Suzanne B. Hanser
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter explores the evolution of healthcare and emerging models of prevention, wellness, and integrative medicine that have allowed music therapists to become active partners with medical professionals in treating the whole person. Evidence of strong connections between mind and body has provided a foundation for understanding how engaging in musical experiences promotes health and well being. Contemporary approaches to the relaxation response and advances in health psychology are reviewed to provide a vocabulary for describing how music affects well being. Research has emphasized the impact of psychological factors, such as stress and the placebo response, on physical health, and implications of these findings are discussed. The chapter examines the effect of music on stress, pain, immune and neurologic function, and shares a line of clinical outcome research that has circled the author's career as a music therapist. Four diverse conditions affecting health and well being are covered: childbirth, depression, coronary heart disease, and cancer. Finally, new directions in theory, practice, and research relative to music, health, and well being are predicted.
Keywords: music therapy, music, healthcare, well being, musical experience
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Emotions Expressed and Aroused by Music
- Chapter 3 Emotion in Culture and History
- Chapter 4 At the Interface Between the Inner and Outer World
- Chapter 5 Towards a Neurobiology of Musical Emotions
- Chapter 6 Exploring the Habitus of Listening
- Chapter 7 Emotion as Social Emergence
- Chapter 8 Self-Report Measures and Models
- Chapter 9 Continuous Self-Report Methods
- Chapter 10 Indirect Perceptual, Cognitive, and Behavioural Measures
- Chapter 11 Psychophysiological Measures
- Chapter 12 Functional Neuroimaging
- Chapter 13 Emotion and Composition in Classical Music
- Chapter 14 The Role of Structure in the Musical Expression of Emotions
- Chapter 15 Emotion and Motivation in the Lives of Performers
- Chapter 16 The Role of Negative Emotions in Performance Anxiety
- Chapter 17 Expression And Communication of Emotion in Music Performance
- Chapter 18 Music in Everyday Life
- Chapter 19 Experimental Aesthetics and Liking for Music
- Chapter 20 Strong Experiences with Music
- Chapter 21 Musical Expectancy and Thrills
- Chapter 22 How Does Music Evoke Emotions?
- Chapter 23 Perspectives on Music and Affect in the Early Years
- Chapter 24 Preference, Personality, and Emotion
- Chapter 25 The Influence of Affect on Music Choice
- Chapter 26 Politics, Mediation, Social Context, and Public Use
- Chapter 27 Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences
- Chapter 28 Music Education
- Chapter 29 Music Therapy
- Chapter 30 Music, Health, and Well-Being
- Chapter 31 Music as a Source of Emotion in Film
- Chapter 32 Music and Marketing
- Chapter 33 The Past, Present, and Future of Music and Emotion Research
- Index