ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2011
The impact of group drumming on social-emotional behavior in low-income children.
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- Efficacy and acceptability of music therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of the Educational Use of Music on 3- to 12-Year-Old Children's Emotional Development: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Rhythm-centred music making in community living elderly: a randomized pilot study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Trial
- Promoting the mental health and well-being of vulnerable youth through art: an ethnographic evaluation of an art-based intervention for rural Canadian youth.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Salivary Oxytocin Concentration Changes during a Group Drumming Intervention for Maltreated School Children.Brain sciences · 2017Article
- Music Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress in Adults: A Theoretical Review.Psychomusicology · 2017Article
- Effects of Physical Exercise on Executive Functions: Going beyond Simply Moving to Moving with Thought.Annals of sports medicine and research · 2015Article
- DRUM-PD: The use of a drum circle to improve the symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease (PD).Movement disorders clinical practiceArticle
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Abstract
Low-income youth experience social-emotional problems linked to chronic stress that are exacerbated by lack of access to care. Drumming is a non-verbal, universal activity that builds upon a collectivistic aspect of diverse cultures and does not bear the stigma of therapy. A pretest-post-test non-equivalent control group design was used to assess the effects of 12 weeks of school counselor-led drumming on social-emotional behavior in two fifth-grade intervention classrooms versus two standard education control classrooms. The weekly intervention integrated rhythmic and group counseling activities to build skills, such as emotion management, focus and listening. The Teacher's Report Form was used to assess each of 101 participants (n = 54 experimental, n = 47 control, 90% Latino, 53.5% female, mean age 10.5 years, range 10-12 years). There was 100% retention. ANOVA testing showed that intervention classrooms improved significantly compared to the control group in broad-band scales (total problems (P < .01), internalizing problems (P < .02)), narrow-band syndrome scales (withdrawn/depression (P < .02), attention problems (P < .01), inattention subscale (P < .001)), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-oriented scales (anxiety problems (P < .01), attention deficit/hyperactivity problems (P < .01), inattention subscale (P < .001), oppositional defiant problems (P < .03)), and other scales (post-traumatic stress problems (P < .01), sluggish cognitive tempo (P < .001)). Participation in group drumming led to significant improvements in multiple domains of social-emotional behavior. This sustainable intervention can foster positive youth development and increase student-counselor interaction. These findings underscore the potential value of the arts as a therapeutic tool.
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