The study participants were students at a special school for children with social and emotional disorders, including hyperkinetic disorders (F90), pervasive developmental disorders (F84), developmental disorders of speech and language (F80) and specific developmental disorders of motor skills (F82). F90 F84 F80 F82
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: In this crossover study, each participant took part once in music therapy (intervention group) and once in quiet work (control group), each lasting 30 minutes.
The dyadic music therapy sess
Sponsors
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - The presence of a confirmed special educational need in social-emotional development based on the school assessment procedure.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - The presence of cognitive, intellectual, or physical impairments that could be the cause of the social disorders - A causality of the social problems in a circumscribed partial performance disorder - A concurrent participation in another clinical study or completion of participation in such a study less than 6 months ago
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Salivary oxytocin levels measured directly before (T1) and after (T2) music therapy or the control intervention using an ELISA kit. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility data (recruitment rate, retention rate, adherence to protocol, etc.) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactThomas Ostermann
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Outcome results
None listed