ERIC Number: EJ913369
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 19
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Sharing My Music with You: The Musical Presentation as a Tool for Exploring, Examining and Enhancing Self-Awareness in a Group Setting
Bensimon, Moshe; Amir, Dorit
Journal of Creative Behavior, v44 n4 p259-277 2010
Musical presentation (MP) is a diagnostic and therapeutic music therapy tool which focuses on the participant's emotional exploration and awareness-insight development. Using this tool people present themselves through music of their choice and subsequently receive feedback from their peers. This study investigates MP as a tool for enhancing self-awareness in the context of a voluntary activity that was integrated in courses for undergraduate students in order to demonstrate its possible uses. Open-ended in-depth interviews with 15 MP presenters and focus-group interviews with 41 MP peers who listened to the presentations were conducted. The Johari Window, which is a cognitive psychological model used to help people better understand their interpersonal communication and relationships, served as a conceptual framework for this study. Qualitative analysis of the data showed that presenters' self-awareness was enhanced through the use of both music and words. As an accessible and creative tool, the MP can be used as a way for people in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic settings to present themselves via their music to a group and increase their self-awareness. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Self Concept, Cognitive Structures, Sharing Behavior, Group Dynamics, Music Therapy, Music, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Feedback (Response), Cognitive Psychology, Models, Interpersonal Communication, Therapeutic Environment
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Language: English
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