Low-income parents' perceptions of the importance of a musical training programme for their children: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite clear evidence for the effectiveness of musical training in promoting psychological well-being among underprivileged children, parents' perceptions of the importance of such training for their children remains unknown.

Methods

Of the parents of 171 underprivileged preschool children in Hong Kong who had participated in a free musical training programme, 25 were randomly selected and invited to participate in individual semi-structured interviews. Colaizzi's descriptive phenomenological data analysis strategy was followed for analysing the data.

Results

The results showed that parents identified numerous benefits of the programme for their child, including increased happiness, improved confidence, positive behavioural changes, and enhanced parent-chi

SUBMITTER: Ho LLK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7519511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature