بررسي تاثير موسيقي درمانگري فعال و فعل پذير با استفاده از نغمه هاي ايراني و غربي بر افسردگي نوجوانان

THE EFFECT OF ACTIVE & PASSIVE MUSIC THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS DEPRESSION

To assess the effect of music therapy on adolescents depression, 80 depressed female students were randomly selected and assigned into a control and 3 experimental groups. Subjects in experimental groups experienced active music therapy (group Er), passive music therapy with western pop music (group E2), and passive music therapy with Iranian pop music (group E3). To assess the subjectsʹ depression level, clinical interview and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used in pretest and post test conditions. Results indicated the effectiveness of both active and passive music therapy. Although the effectiveness of acttive method was more than passive one. There was not any significant difference between Iranian and Western pop music therapy.