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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-, et al.
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Hjärtats saga – musik i äldreomsorgen
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Ingår i: Möten, musik, mångfald. - Stockholm : Förbundet för musikterapi i Sverige (FMS). - 9789163955907 ; , s. 117-128
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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-
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Music and Identity : Analysis of a Music Listening Group with Older Men
- 2020
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Problem area: Involuntary loneliness and untreated depression are major wellbeing challenges for older men. Concurrently, music listening is a potentially significant, yet hitherto understudied resource in facilitating wellbeing amongst this group. This presentation focuses on how the choices of music and discussions around music in a music listening group for older men forms and is formed by their sense of identity as ’older’, ’men’ and human beings. Theory and method: The study is multi-disciplinary, drawing from research on ageing, men and masculinities, and the fields of music psychology, music therapy and music and health. Eight men, 64- 86 years old, with life challenges around loneliness and depression, met for 16 sessions to listen to music of their own choice and discuss whatever they found relevant in the context. The group was led by a music therapist, also this paper’s presenter. Transcripts from the group sessions, a focus group and individual follow-up interviews were analysed qualitatively. Result: The participants’ choices of music ranged from Otis Redding to Wagner, and seemed to serve various purposes; from aesthetic enjoyment and sharing musical memories, to a more educative approach, showing the others rare pieces that they might not have known previously. The discussions were mostly tied to facts around the music and musicians, but ‘via’ the music, themes such as masculinity, outsider-ship, ageing and death, were also occasionally discussed. Conclusion: When topics such as masculinity, ageing and death were discussed, the discussion was in line with traditional gendered patterns of communication. Yet, the musical choices seemed to express emotional experiences in connection to these topics, that were not verbalized, but expressed in sub-text ‘through’ the music. Thus, this study uncovers a discrepancy between what older men reveal verbally about themselves as ‘older’ and ‘men’ in a music listening group, and what they express through their musical choices.
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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-, et al.
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Musical engagement and subjective wellbeing amongst men in the third age
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nordisk tidskrift for musikkterapi - Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0803-9828. ; 29:1, s. 20-38
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: This article explores the wellbeing benefits of musical engagement for men in the third age. Older men face specific health challenges such as loneliness, isolation and a heightened risk for suicide, tied to gendered norms around emotional control, and a reluctance to seek professional help. There is substantial evidence of the positive health and wellbeing outcomes from older people’s engagement in music, but no studies on older men, music and wellbeing.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 Swedish men aged 66–76, with different demographic backgrounds and engagement with music. Interviews were analysed using qualitative thematic analysis.Results: Analysis resulted in four themes: “emotions and embodiment”, “adjusting to growing older”, “developing and maintaining friendships” and “maintaining contact as a caregiver”. Regardless of musical genre or whether singing, playing, dancing or listening to music, the men used music to come into contact with their bodies and emotions, as well as improving relationships and social contacts. In particular, men as caregivers to sick partners benefited from sharing music with their partner, thus improving the quality of the relationship.Discussion: This study shows that engagement with music fills deep psychological and social/emotional needs for the participants, in both “being” with the music and “doing” musical activities, where also talking about music is highlighted as an important part of the musical engagement. The results have implications for the field of music therapy, in that it foregrounds music therapists’ potentially important role in developing opportunities for older men to engage with music.
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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-
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"No, I Guess it's kind of Sensitive" : Communication Patterns in a Music Listening Group with Older Men
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Ingår i: Nordisk tidskrift for musikkterapi - Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0809-8131 .- 1944-8260. ; 30:5, s. 424-439
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Loneliness is a major wellbeing challenge for older men, linked to physical illnesses, depression and a heightened risk of suicide. Music listening is a potentially significant, although hitherto understudied resource in facilitating wellbeing amongst older men. This empirical study seeks to investigate how older men, at risk of loneliness, interact with each other, the female group leader and "with" music in a music listening group. It was presumed that the music would positively affect the moods of the participants, and that music would serve as a vehicle to stimulate memories and personal self-disclosure.Method: Eight men 64-86 years, with life challenges connected to loneliness, met 16 times to listen to self-chosen music and discuss self-defined topics. The group was led by a qualified music therapist. Follow-up individual interviews were made and a questionnaire were conducted, and used for triangulation. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify codes and themes.Results: The analysis resulted in three themes: choosing a positive mood; facts over self-disclosure; empathy and identification. Listening to, and discussing music were described as uplifting, stimulating and meaningful. However, the presumption that the music would serve as a vehicle for self-disclosure did not unfold as expected.Discussion: The communication between the participants and with the female group leader is discussed from a gender perspective. The article concludes that, specifically when working with (older) men, there is a dual need to recognise traditional, gendered socialisation patterns and norms, while simultaneously acknowledging that these norms might counteract other forms of connectedness.
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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-
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"Som plåster på själen" : Om äldre män och musik som välbefinnanderesurs
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of the thesis is to elucidate how older men’s interest in music can be understood as a wellbeing resource. This is motivated by the potential wellbeing threats facing older men with regards to loneliness and untreated depression. These challenges are understood to be tied to norms of masculinity around emotions. Previous research has shown how engagement with music can fulfil social and emotional needs and work as a selfhelp technology, partly through strengthening a positive self-identity. The research question here is how music can be a wellbeing resource for older men specifically. The study is in two parts: semi-structured interviews with 15 men on their engagement with music, and a music listening group with eight (other), socially vulnerable older men, where the participants could listen to music of their own choice, with the author of the thesis as a group leader and participant observer. The scientific approach is hermeneutic. The materials were analysed thematically, with theoretical perspectives drawn from studies on men and masculinities, theories on affect attunement and Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective. The analysis shows that an interest in music can serve as a wellbeing resource for older men in three ways: First, musical experiences can offer an asylum for older men where they can connect to, experience and express, their emotional lives without jeopardising their “frontstage” performances of traditional masculinity. Through affect attunement musical experiences can contribute to both confirming and expanding the sense of self, which supports psychological needs of safety and development. Second, a sense of cultural belongingness can emerge from sharing an interest in music and collectively listening to music, also in groups where a deeper sense of personal connectedness is lacking. Third, an active interest in music, both playing, singing, dancing and listening to music, can support a sense of competence and agency amongst older men through affording possibilities to learn and share their knowledge, which fosters a positive sense of masculine identity, thereby strengthening self-respect and self-esteem. The practical implications from these results are to encourage older men to engage with music in different ways, including talking about music, learning and sharing.
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- Lindblad, Katarina, 1961-
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Verbal Dialogue in Music Therapy : A Hermeneutical Analysis of Three Music Therapy Sessions
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Ingår i: Voices. - Bergen : University of Bergen. - 1504-1611. ; 16:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Verbal dialogue is often a main component of music therapy sessions, however, it is seldom discussed in the music therapy literature. This qualitative study examined three music therapy sessions arranged especially for research purposes. Video recordings of these sessions were analysed as well as interviews with the music therapists conducting the sessions. Specific verbal interventions used during the sessions included: questions, repetition and other types of commenting phrases, silence, paradoxes and rephrasings, symbolic language and interpretations. The functions of the verbal techniques are grouped under three thematic headings: to establish trust between client and therapist; to deepen the experience of the present moment; and to clarify some aspect of the client’s life story. Considering that verbal dialogue is so seldom discussed in the music therapy literature, this study aims to provide a contribution to the development of methodology by shedding light upon this topic.
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