Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020
Attunement in Music Therapy for Young Children with Autism: Revisiting Qualities of Relationship as Mechanisms of Change.
Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions on sociability and communication in children and adolescents with autism: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Music therapy for autistic people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Creative Movement Therapies on Social Communication, Behavioral-Affective, Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Functional Participation Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Music Therapy for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of a music enrichment program on parent-infant interactions during mealtime: A randomized controlled trial.Appetite · 2023Trial
- Music therapy for mental health in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Review
- The Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Children and Adolescents with ASD: A Systematic Review of RCTs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Motor and Cognitive Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers with and at Risk of Cerebral Palsy Following a Community-Based Intervention.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Music Therapy in Mental Health and Emotional Diversion of Primary and Secondary School Students.Occupational therapy international · 2022Article
- Uses and Perceptions of Music in Times of COVID-19: A Spanish Population Survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study examined whether musical and emotional attunement predicts changes in improvisational music therapy with children with autism (4-7 years, N = 101, majority: no/limited speech, low IQ), assessed over 12 months. Attunement, as observed from session videos, and changes in generalized social skills, judged by blinded assessors and parents, were evaluated using standardized tools (Assessment of the Quality of Relationship, Improvisational Music Therapy Principles, ADOS, SRS). In contrast to the smaller pilot, we did not find significant effects between attunement and changes in outcomes, only tendencies in the same direction are observed. Findings suggest that symptom severity is associated with the therapist's ability to attune to the child. They further raise questions concerning outcome selection and user involvement.
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