Abstract

An Introduction to Music Therapy Research, edited by Barbara Wheeler and Kathleen Murphy, is a 20-chapter that provides overview of how research has been conceived and implemented in music therapy. The text is geared to those beginning their studies in music therapy and as such address all stages of research, beginning with foundational aspects like selection of a topic before moving to a more detailed presentation of specific research components like data analysis and interpretation of results. Objectivist (qualitative) and interpretivist (quantitative research) theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and methods are included in the book, as well as information on mixed methods research and important historical, ethical, and multicultural considerations.

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  • An Introduction to Music Therapy Research, edited by Barbara Wheeler and Kathleen Murphy, is a 20-chapter that provides overview of how research has been conceived and implemented in music therapy

  • Barbara Wheeler has been engaged in educating others about music therapy research for over 20 years, and her latest book, An Introduction to Music Therapy Research, continues along that path

  • The book contains 20 chapters contributed by over 15 authors, 17 of which are excerpted from Wheeler and Murphy’s larger work, Music Therapy Research (2016)

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An Introduction to Music Therapy Research, edited by Barbara Wheeler and Kathleen Murphy, is a 20-chapter that provides overview of how research has been conceived and implemented in music therapy. Barbara Wheeler has been engaged in educating others about music therapy research for over 20 years, and her latest book, An Introduction to Music Therapy Research, continues along that path.

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