Examining music therapist behaviors during intervention delivery: A retrospective video analysis.

Introduction: Guidelines for developing complex interventions include implementing strategies to monitor intervention delivery. These can include tracking therapist behaviors, which are connected to therapist effectiveness. In this project, we examine a music therapist's (MT) behaviors during the im...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 319 - 333
Main Authors: Sena Moore, Kimberly, Hanson-Abromeit, Deanna
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2025
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          Sena Moore, Kimberly
          Hanson-Abromeit, Deanna
        affil: Bower School of Music & the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers,, FL, USA
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          Music Therapy Methods
          Music Therapists Psychosocial Factors
          Emotional Regulation Education
          Child Behavior
          Professional-Client Relations
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          Male
          Female
          Child, Preschool
          United States
          Secondary Analysis
          Retrospective Design
          Record Review
          Videorecording
          Interrater Reliability
          Descriptive Statistics
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Male
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      ab: Introduction: Guidelines for developing complex interventions include implementing strategies to monitor intervention delivery. These can include tracking therapist behaviors, which are connected to therapist effectiveness. In this project, we examine a music therapist's (MT) behaviors during the implementation of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention, a complex music-based intervention to support emotion regulation development in preschoolers. Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of videotaped footage from four weeks of MCRF sessions facilitated from May through July 2014. From a representative sample of 30% of sessions (n = 12), we randomly selected one per week for analysis. Three research assistants independently coded the videos, tracking the frequency of verbal, nonverbal, and musical behaviors in 15-second intervals (interrater agreement = 80.6%). We conducted descriptive analyses on observed therapist behavior overall and during different intervention components. Results: Results showed the MT exhibited an average of 365.0 behaviors per 11-minute session, grouped into five verbal, four nonverbal, and seven musical behaviors. We noted differences in behaviors demonstrated between intervention components and within-session transitions, including differences in the type of behavior and the number of behaviors presented. Discussion: Findings suggest differences in the frequency and type of verbal, nonverbal, and musical behaviors demonstrated by the MT that reflected specific intervention components. Future MCRF intervention research should include monitoring of therapist behaviors to help determine behaviors necessary for fidelity of effective implementation and those that will aid in intervention scalability and translation to clinical practice between different therapists.
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