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The Effectiveness of Passive Music Therapy on Emotion Regulation and Self-Control Strategies of Children Hospitalized in Psychiatric Wards
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Parisa Kouhnavard    , Jamila Mohtashami * , Fatemeh Behzadi , Katayoon Razjooyan |
| Department of Nursing, TeMS.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , j_mohtashami@sbmu.ac.ir |
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Background and Aim: Children hospitalized in psychiatric centers face emotional challenges for reasons such as pain, separation anxiety, and unfamiliar environments. Passive music therapy offers a non-invasive approach to address emotional challenges. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of passive music therapy on emotion regulation and self-control strategies of children hospitalized in psychiatric wards.
Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pre-test/post-test design at Imam Hossein hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2024. Through convenience sampling, 50 eligible children with psychiatric disorders were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of intervention and control. The intervention group received 8 sessions of passive music therapy. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERC-CA) and the Brief Self Control Scale (BSCS) were used to collect the data. Data analysis was performed through SPSS software version 24.
Results: The mean score of emotion regulation strategies in the pre-test phase in the intervention and control groups was 21.28 and 19.40, respectively (p<.347), which changed to 26.44 and 19.20 after the intervention, respectively (p<.001). Also, in the pre-test phase, the mean score of self-control in the intervention and control groups was 163.48 and 169.72, respectively (p<.229), which changed to 124.12 and 171.16 in the post-test phase, respectively (p<.001). Results of the analysis of covariance indicated the effectiveness of passive music therapy in improving emotion regulation and self-control strategies of children (p<.005).
Conclusion: Passive music therapy has a positive effect on emotion regulation and self-control strategies of children hospitalized in psychiatric wards. Therefore, the use of this intervention in the aforementioned wards is recommended to improve the psychological state of hospitalized children.
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| Keywords: Emotion regulation, self-control, music therapy, children, psychiatry. |
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Received: 2025/10/6 | Accepted: 2024/03/20 | Published: 2024/03/20
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