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    This research evaluation form summarizes a single case study on using improvisational music therapy with a man in a persistent vegetative state. The study aimed to explore how modulating music based on the client's affective responses could facilitate communication. The researcher observed that improvising music based on the client's movements and tensions led to more positive responses than simply playing pre-composed songs. However, the study noted that more research is needed to generalize these findings. The evaluator found the improvisational approach promising and thought it could be adapted for other diagnoses like cerebral palsy, which relates to their own research questions.

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    This research evaluation form summarizes a single case study on using improvisational music therapy with a man in a persistent vegetative state. The study aimed to explore how modulating music based on the client's affective responses could facilitate communication. The researcher observed that improvising music based on the client's movements and tensions led to more positive responses than simply playing pre-composed songs. However, the study noted that more research is needed to generalize these findings. The evaluator found the improvisational approach promising and thought it could be adapted for other diagnoses like cerebral palsy, which relates to their own research questions.

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    This research evaluation form summarizes a single case study on using improvisational music therapy with a man in a persistent vegetative state. The study aimed to explore how modulating music based on the client's affective responses could facilitate communication. The researcher observed that improvising music based on the client's movements and tensions led to more positive responses than simply playing pre-composed songs. However, the study noted that more research is needed to generalize these findings. The evaluator found the improvisational approach promising and thought it could be adapted for other diagnoses like cerebral palsy, which relates to their own research questions.

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    This research evaluation form summarizes a single case study on using improvisational music therapy with a man in a persistent vegetative state. The study aimed to explore how modulating music based on the client's affective responses could facilitate communication. The researcher observed that improvising music based on the client's movements and tensions led to more positive responses than simply playing pre-composed songs. However, the study noted that more research is needed to generalize these findings. The evaluator found the improvisational approach promising and thought it could be adapted for other diagnoses like cerebral palsy, which relates to their own research questions.

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    RESEARCH EVALUATION FORM

    NAME: Mackenzie Fuller

    DATE: 10/6/18

    Write in your own words. Reread and revise after first draft of answers. Use spell check
    before submitting.

    If you directly quote any phrases from the written research report, cite the “quote with
    page number(s)” (p. 5). Or (pp. 5-6).

    1. Full citation in APA style: (PLEASE CHECK THE OWL PURDUE WEBSITE
    AND CONFIRM YOUR STYLE IS ACCURATE. FEWER POINTS EARNED
    IF ERRORS OCCUR IN APA STYLE)

    Schmid, W. (2017). Being together - Exploring the modulation of affect in


    improvisational music therapy with a man in a persistent vegetative state - a
    qualitative single case study. Health Psychology Report, 5(2), 186–182. DOI:
    10.5114/hpr.2017.63843

    2. Purpose of the study:


    “The main focus of this case study was to describe and explore affect modulation as a
    means of communication” (p. 191). For this study, a music therapist detailed her work
    with a man in a vegetative state. She describes how affect can be shared to improvise
    music and allow a sense of communication between the client and the therapist. Her
    intent was to suggest that affect modulation can be used as a means of communication
    and should be researched further to develop concrete interventions for individuals living
    in a vegetative state.

    3. Research question(s) posed:


    Not entirely applicable because this study mainly documents the work the author did with
    this individual. However, a question that led her to choose her music therapy approach
    could be: Can using the expressive quality of the client’s movements and tensions to
    create improvised music increase positive responses and a sense of communication for
    the client?

    4. Setting of the study (geographic location and details about setting pertaining to
    study):
    One-one-one music therapy sessions at a home for those still presenting with extensive
    care needs.

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    5. What do you know about the researcher(s)?
    I could not find much information about this author; however, numerous articles popped
    up when I searched his name in the EBSCOhost. Multiple dealt with music therapy and
    neuroscience. Additionally, the author associates with The Grieg Academy and the
    University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

    6. Participants in the study (quantity and description):


    One man who had a myocardial infarction at the age of 44 which caused brain damage
    and left him in a vegetative state.

    7. What data were collected? (If historical, list the primary and secondary sources. If
    philosophical, list the premises)
    There were not specific data; however, the author used her training as a music therapist to
    make observations on the effectiveness of her interventions. Therefore, I could say the
    client’s affect and responses during the sessions were collected to note the effect of the
    intervention.

    8. Methodology: Highlight the type

    Historical: Which category? (it could be more than one) Chronological,


    Comparative, Oral, Psychohistory, Quantitative, Other (please list)

    Philosophical: Did the argument advance deductively or inductively? What else


    can you say about the structure of the argument?

    Quantitative [non-experimental] Quantitative [experimental]

    Qualitative: Highlight which type:


    grounded theory ethnography narrative
    phenomenology single case study collective case study

    Mixed methods: Highlight which type of qualitative methodology


    grounded theory ethnography narrative
    phenomenology single case study collective case study
    Mixed methods: Highlight which type of quantitative methodology
    Quantitative [non-experimental] Quantitative [experimental]
    Mixed methods: Highlight the strategy of the research design
    Sequential explanatory Sequential exploratory Sequential transformative
    Concurrent triangulation Concurrent nested Concurrent transformative

    9. How were the data analyzed? (for historical, describe external and internal
    criticism. For philosophical, note the approach used: dialectical, critical analysis,

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    comparative analysis, interpretive analysis, synoptic analysis. For qualitative
    describe the analyses procedures. For quantitative list the statistical tests used.)
    Again, the author was simply doing her work as a music therapist. She was paying close
    attention to the client’s movements and affect changes to promote a sense of
    communication and create a successful intervention. So, the author analyzed changes
    between the first session of simply playing music and the second session when she started
    improvising to the client’s affect modulations.

    10. What are the results (quantitative)/findings (qualitative) of the study?


    The finding is that an improvisational music therapy approach can create a sense of
    communication with clients stuck in a vegetative state by the music therapist watching
    the client’s movements and affects in order to change the improvised music accordingly.
    The author states this approach worked well for her, but that further research is needed to
    generalize effectiveness.

    11. Your evaluation/assessment of the integrity and importance of this research


    study: (If philosophical, include whether the argument was valid and/or
    sound)
    I thought this study was a very simple narrative that identifies a need for further
    research on music therapy interventions with individuals in a vegetative state.
    Additionally, the study suggests an improvisational music therapy approach that uses
    affect modulation to communicate musical changes. I believe this approach can be
    adapted and used with a wide variety of clients, particularly those who are nonverbal.
    Responses, especially those with great affect are already a common resource used to
    adjust to the needs of clients. The idea to use this common resource to create a strong
    rapport and effective improvisation makes sense to promote smooth adaptations to
    interventions.
    Additionally, I believe it was smart of the author to note that the effectiveness of
    her intervention cannot be generalized until more research provides additional support for
    the improvisational approach. I thought it was also smart to provide a comparison to her
    first session where she was just playing music. She described how the client had no
    responses to her simply playing songs but would move and relax when improvisation fit
    his affect and feelings. I believe the ideas presented in the study can lead to increased
    intervention effectiveness in the future if further research occurs.

    12. How does this study relate to your current research questions? How do its
    ideas transfer to other subjects and ideas? Other comments?
    As I stated in my answer above, I believe the improvisational approach discussed in
    this study can be transferred to other diagnosis’s. Therefore, I can delve into the idea of
    using the improvisational music therapy approach with clients with cerebral palsy for my
    research. Since this study states that further research is necessary, it is likely I may not

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    find much on this approach with cerebral palsy. However, I could use this idea for a
    research design, or I could look more into the improvisational approach itself and simply
    analysis how it may be effective with cerebral palsy. I imagine the effectiveness of an
    improvisational approach will vary with age and diagnosis, so this idea might be difficult
    to research but would be very interesting to explore.

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