Chapter 10 - Developing a Vulnerability to Negative Affect in Dementia Scale (VNADS) for music interventions

Abstract

Since pharmacological interventions for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are problematic, there is an increasing interest in nonpharmacological interventions such as music as a first-line treatment. However, the effects of music listening on people with dementia are not universally positive. This chapter reports on the development of a scale for assessing vulnerability to negative affective responses to music in people with dementia.