Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Music has been linked with well-being across clinical and community settings. Yet, research has focused on assessment of single dimensions of well-being and on the typical receiver of support services. Acknowledging the burden that a caring role encompasses and integrating recent proposals for a multifaceted definition of well-being, we explore the extent to which group drumming interventions translate into multidimensional well-being change for both mental health service users and carers.

Method

Thirty-nine participants engaged in one of a series of community drumming programmes were assessed via semi-structured interviews (n = 11) and focus groups (n = 28) at the end of each programme. Data were analysed using IPA.

Results and conclusion

Emotional, psycholog

SUBMITTER: Ascenso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6041820 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature