TY - JOUR
T1 - Sowing seeds of compassion
T2 - The case of a music therapy integration group
AU - Gilboa, Avi
AU - Ben-Shetrit, Sagit
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The purpose of this research was to examine whether, and in what ways, compassion developed within the integrating children in a music therapy integration group. The group included two integrated PDD boys and two integrating girls and met for 14 half-hour weekly sessions. The audio recordings and the verbal documentation of the sessions were analyzed according to qualitative (interpretative-phenomenology analysis) and quantitative methods. Qualitative analysis resulted in five distinct categories that could be organized hierarchically, from the most basic compassion ("pre-compassion") to very high standard, compassionate behavior ("high compassion"), the higher levels containing the basic ones. Each of these categories diverged into variants, resulting in 11 additional sub-categories. Quantitative analysis showed that compassion developed gradually. As the process progressed, more compassion events were observed. Connections between compassion expressions and the use of music were found. Results of this research are discussed in light of the debate concerning integration for children with special needs. Recommendations for further therapeutic and research activity are provided.
AB - The purpose of this research was to examine whether, and in what ways, compassion developed within the integrating children in a music therapy integration group. The group included two integrated PDD boys and two integrating girls and met for 14 half-hour weekly sessions. The audio recordings and the verbal documentation of the sessions were analyzed according to qualitative (interpretative-phenomenology analysis) and quantitative methods. Qualitative analysis resulted in five distinct categories that could be organized hierarchically, from the most basic compassion ("pre-compassion") to very high standard, compassionate behavior ("high compassion"), the higher levels containing the basic ones. Each of these categories diverged into variants, resulting in 11 additional sub-categories. Quantitative analysis showed that compassion developed gradually. As the process progressed, more compassion events were observed. Connections between compassion expressions and the use of music were found. Results of this research are discussed in light of the debate concerning integration for children with special needs. Recommendations for further therapeutic and research activity are provided.
KW - Compassion
KW - Inclusion
KW - Integration
KW - Integration group
KW - Music therapy
KW - PDD
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=68949178557&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.aip.2009.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.aip.2009.06.001
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AN - SCOPUS:68949178557
SN - 0197-4556
VL - 36
SP - 251
EP - 260
JO - Arts in Psychotherapy
JF - Arts in Psychotherapy
IS - 4
ER -