... they felt helped them reduce stress and have friendly fun: “the friendly touch” (music and student massage), “the outdoor run for fun” (student physical activity in outdoors), and the sounds of well‐being (music). Practical implications This paper provides a comprehensive understanding of how students...

...Jane Ginsborg; Gunter Kreutz; Mike Thomas; Aaron Williamon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the self‐reported health‐promoting behaviours of music and non‐music performance students in higher education. It also seeks to determine the extent to which perceived health and self...

... and discusses issues relating to the development and implementation of community‐based arts for health projects. Jane South can be contacted at: J.South@leedsmet.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Arts Health education Music Drama Communities Partnership United Kingdom...

..., they have long been part of the rationale behind music therapy (Robertson, 1996 ; Bunt and Hoskyns, 2002), and are also behind the work of researchers in the area of “positive psychology”, including Isen et al. (1987) , Frederickson (2000) and Seligman (2002) . Plate 2 Plate...

... is integrated within personal social and health education; examine teacher perceptions of the costs, benefits and behavioural effects of The Rock Challenge. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Performing arts Drug addiction Health education Young adults Music This study...

...Rosie Stacy; Katie Brittain; Sandra Kerr Singing for health may be an idea whose time has come. The interest in music in relation to health is evident in medical and health‐care research. This paper reviews ways in which music and singing relate to health and healing, historically and cross...

... in cultural life. A total of 79 questionnaires were returned, of which 75 offered usable responses. This represented an overall valid response rate of 75 per cent, comprising 60 females and 15 males. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Community relations Older people Health Arts Music Voice...

...Martin Ashley A growing literature is now claiming that participation in the arts, and music in particular, is beneficial to health. Whilst some claims are made for music benefiting physiological health, the main benefit would seem to be for gains in emotional wellbeing. There is a gender dimension...

...Jan Walker; June Boyce‐Tillman The aim of this study was to examine the potential role of music lessons as part of a treatment programme for children diagnosed as having severe chronic anxiety disorders. The findings are presented as a series of individual case studies based on the recorded...