{"id":229,"date":"2016-02-24T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dz.cyberwalker.com\/caregiver-of-depressed-adult\/?p=229"},"modified":"2016-02-24T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T18:29:51","slug":"benefits-music-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydepressionzone.com\/caregiver-of-depressed-adult\/benefits-music-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of music therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is\u00a0research that shows that listening to music can boost\u00a0your mood\u00a0and that it\u00a0can be an integral part of healthy living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Researchers\u00a0at the University of Missouri\u00a0found that people can boost their mood by choosing upbeat music to listen to.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work provides support for what many people already do \u2013 listen to music to improve their moods,\u201d said lead author Yuna Ferguson, who performed the study while she was an Missouri University doctoral student in psychological science.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough pursuing personal happiness may be thought of as a self-centered venture, research suggests that happiness relates to a higher probability of socially beneficial behavior, better physical health, higher income and greater relationship satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

In two studies\u00a0conducted\u00a0by Ferguson\u00a0participants\u00a0improved their moods in the short term and boosted their overall happiness over a two-week period.<\/p>\n

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During the first study, participants boosted\u00a0their mood after being told to try\u00a0to do so, but only if they listened to upbeat music (by composer Aaron\u00a0Copland as opposed to sadder music by \u00a0Russian composer Igor Stravinsky).<\/p>\n

Participants reported higher levels of happiness after two weeks of lab sessions in which they listened to positive music while trying to feel happier, compared to control participants who only listened to music.<\/p>\n

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