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KMID : 0897020090120020001
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Korean Journal of East West Science
2009 Volume.12 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.15
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The Effect of Music Therapy on the Emotion and Behaviors of a Girl with ADHD
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Kim Jong-Un
Kim Myung-Sook
Kim Yu-Jin
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of music therapy on the emotion and behaviors of a girl with attention deficit disorder. The subject for this study is a seven-year girl. She was asked a therapy by her mother. The program of music therapy lasted from the first of June to the tenth of August in 2009, once a week for 12 sessions. Research measurement are Conners Teacher`s Rating Scale and observation of emotional, behavioral changes as well as the duration of attention by two observers. The conclusion of research are as follows; First, as to the observation of emotion and behaviors, there were positive changes. Second, as to analysis of the attention duration, there were positive changes on the duration of attention. Thus, there was positive improvements on the emotion and behaviors of a child with attention deficit disorder. This results confirmed that music therapy was effective on the increase of attention duration and the frequency of eye contact as well as the positive change of the emotion and behaviors of a child with attention deficit disorder. The limitation of this study is difficult to generalize these results, but the following research through music therapy was asked to children with attention deficit disorder.
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KEYWORD
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music therapy, attention deficit disorder, the duration of attention, emotion, behavior
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