Wellbeing for young elite musicians: development of a health protocol from a student perspective.

ABSTRACT: Musicians' vulnerability to psychological and physical problems provides a compelling argument to include health and wellbeing training in music education. This study forms part of a larger project to design an evidence-based wellbeing protocol for young elite musicians at a pre-professional music training institute. Recommendations from the health, education, performance science, behavior change, and occupational and public health literature provided theoretical and practical foundations for the project. The aim of this study was to identify barriers to wellbeing and strengths of an existing health protocol, and provide recommendations for change from the student perspective. Four in-person focus groups were held on the same day, attended by 68% (n = 45) of the student cohort. Semi

SUBMITTER: Shoebridge A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11861350 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature