Single Case Design Studies in Music Therapy: Resurrecting Experimental Evidence in Small Group and Individual Music Therapy Clinical Settings

• Published in: The Journal of music therapy Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 293 - 309
• Main Authors: Geist, Kamile, Hitchcock, John H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Attention Deficit Disorders; Biomedical Research; Clinical Trials as Topic; Consultation Programs; Evidence; Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Meta Analysis; Music; Music therapy; Music Therapy - organization & administration; Research methodology; Sample Size; Systematic review; Teaching Methods; Validity; ABAB Design; Single Case Design; Multiple Baseline Design; Meta-Analysis of Single Case Designs; Causal Evidence in Music Therapy

Background: The profession would benefit from greater and routine generation of causal evidence pertaining to the impact of music therapy interventions on client outcomes. Objective: One way to meet this goal is to revisit the use of Single Case Designs (SCDs) in clinical practice and research endea...