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Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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de Witte, Martina, Pinho, Ana da Silva, Stams, Geert-Jan, Moonen, Xavier, Bos, Arjan E.R., van Hooren, Susan·2022·Health Psychology Review
DOI 10.1080/17437199.2020.1846580
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Music therapy is increasingly being used as an intervention for stress reduction in both medical and mental healthcare settings. Music therapy is characterized by personally tailored music interventions initiated by a trained and qualified music therapist, which distinguishes music therapy from other music interventions, such as ‘music medicine’, which concerns mainly music listening interventions offered by healthcare professionals. To summarize the growing body of empirical research on music therapy, a multilevel meta-analysis, containing 47 studies, 76 effect sizes and 2.747 participants, was performed to assess the strength of the effects of music therapy on both physiological and psychological stress-related outcomes, and to test potential moderators of the intervention effects. Results showed that music therapy showed an overall medium-to-large effect on stress-related outcomes (d = .723, [.51–.94]). Larger effects were found for clinical controlled trials (CCT) compared to randomized controlled trials (RCT), waiting list controls instead of care as usual (CAU) or other stress-reducing interventions, and for studies conducted in Non-Western countries compared to Western countries. Implications for both music therapy and future research are discussed.

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Authors
de Witte, M., Pinho, A. D. S., Stams, G.-J., Moonen, X., Bos, A. E. R., & van Hooren, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Amsterdam
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (NL)
  • The Open University (GB)
  • KenVaK, Research Centre for the Arts Therapies
ORCID
Venue
Health Psychology Review
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2020-11-27
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
134-159
ISSN
  • 1743-7199 (ISSN-L)
  • 1743-7202
DOI
10.1080/17437199.2020.1846580
OpenAlex
W3105716709
Cited by
444
References
204
Citations by year
2026: 117 · 2025: 131 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 1
FWCI
4.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Health Psychology Review (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (grant number 023.007.068)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Art Therapy and Mental Health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
music therapy, stress reduction, physiological stress, psychological stress, intervention moderators, music medicine, music listening intervention, healthcare settings
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Humans, Music, Music Therapy, Stress, Psychological

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