TY - JOUR
T1 - An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being
AU - Dingle, Genevieve A.
AU - Clift, Stephen
AU - Finn, Saoirse
AU - Gilbert, Rebekah
AU - Groarke, Jenny M.
AU - Irons, J. Yoon
AU - Bartoli, Alice Jones
AU - Lamont, Alexandra
AU - Launay, Jacques
AU - Martin, Eleanor S.
AU - Moss, Hilary
AU - Sanfilippo, Katie Rose
AU - Shipton, Matthew
AU - Stewart, Lauren
AU - Talbot, Samantha
AU - Tarrant, Mark
AU - Tip, Liesbeth
AU - Williams, Elyse J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Research on choirs and other forms of group singing has been conducted for several decades and there has been a recent focus on the potential health and well-being benefits, particularly in amateur singers. Experimental, quantitative, and qualitative studies show evidence of a range of biopsychosocial and well-being benefits to singers; however, there are many challenges to rigor and replicability. To support the advances of research into group singing, the authors met and discussed theoretical and methodological issues to be addressed in future studies. The authors are from five countries and represent the following disciplinary perspectives: music psychology, music therapy, community music, clinical psychology, educational and developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, health psychology, social psychology, and public health. This article summarizes our collective thoughts in relation to the priority questions for future group singing research, theoretical frameworks, potential solutions for design and ethical challenges, quantitative measures, qualitative methods, and whether there is scope for a benchmarking set of measures across singing projects. With eight key recommendations, the article sets an agenda for best practice research on group singing.
AB - Research on choirs and other forms of group singing has been conducted for several decades and there has been a recent focus on the potential health and well-being benefits, particularly in amateur singers. Experimental, quantitative, and qualitative studies show evidence of a range of biopsychosocial and well-being benefits to singers; however, there are many challenges to rigor and replicability. To support the advances of research into group singing, the authors met and discussed theoretical and methodological issues to be addressed in future studies. The authors are from five countries and represent the following disciplinary perspectives: music psychology, music therapy, community music, clinical psychology, educational and developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, health psychology, social psychology, and public health. This article summarizes our collective thoughts in relation to the priority questions for future group singing research, theoretical frameworks, potential solutions for design and ethical challenges, quantitative measures, qualitative methods, and whether there is scope for a benchmarking set of measures across singing projects. With eight key recommendations, the article sets an agenda for best practice research on group singing.
KW - Arts in health
KW - biomarkers
KW - choir singing
KW - group singing
KW - health
KW - qualitative
KW - quantitative
KW - research methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089033603&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2059204319861719
DO - 10.1177/2059204319861719
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089033603
SN - 2059-2043
VL - 2
JO - Music and Science
JF - Music and Science
ER -