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African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care
Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25630 African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care Van Niekerk, Caroline Le Roux, M.P. (Liana) 42263085@mylife.unisa.ac.za Flores, Kim African drumming Beck youth inventories for children and adolescent Drum circle UCTD Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2012. PAPER COPY ACCOMPANIED BY A DVD OF CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKSHOPS. This research project investigated the potential of African drumming to enhance the emotional and social well-being of children in residential care. Sixteen children from the Epworth Children’s Village in South Africa were purposively selected to participate in the study. The majority of participants had been exposed to some form of neglect and/or abuse and displayed high levels of anger, anxiety, depression and/or disruptive behaviour. Mixed in terms of gender and ethnicity, they fell within the middle childhood stage of development. The participants attended weekly sessions of African djembe drumming over a period of four months. Principles and practices of indigenous African music making formed the foundation of the drum circle facilitation approach used. Gestalt theory, as applied in Gestalt play therapy, provided the theoretical framework from which the therapeutic dimensions of African drumming were explored. A mixed methods approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, was employed. For the quantitative component, participants completed the Beck Youth Inventories, measuring self-concept, anxiety, depression, anger and disruptive behaviour, before and after the project. Concerning the qualitative aspects, focused observations were conducted wherein all video-recorded workshops were regularly and systematically analysed to assess the children’s emotional and social functioning. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with relevant staff members and children, respectively, in an attempt to explore the value and feasibility of presenting such a programme within the residential care setting. According to the Inventories’ pre- and post-test results, the intervention did not appear to significantly impact upon the participants’ self-concept or levels of depression, anger or disruptive behaviour. Anxiety, on the other hand, increased. Qualitative findings nevertheless suggest that the workshops substantially enhanced the children’s emotional and social functioning, albeit only for the duration of the sessions. The workshops markedly improved participants’ self-esteem and self-confidence, pro-social behaviour, enjoyment, concentration and manifestation of musical capacity (aspects which reflect Gestalt concepts of awareness, contact, self-regulation, self-expression and mastery). Reasons for the failure of these improvements to transfer to the children’s everyday functioning may involve the severity of their socio-emotional difficulties as well as limitations within the drumming intervention itself. Music unrestricted 2013-09-06T22:44:35Z 2012-08-29 2013-09-06T22:44:35Z 2012-04-17 2012-08-29 2012-06-18 Thesis Flores, K 2011, African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care, DMus thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25630 > D12/4/531/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25630 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06182012-152515/ © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | African drumming Beck youth inventories for children and adolescent Drum circle UCTD African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title | African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title_full | African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title_fullStr | African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title_full_unstemmed | African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title_short | African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| title_sort | african drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care |
| topic | African drumming Beck youth inventories for children and adolescent Drum circle UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25630 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06182012-152515/ |