The meaning of music in the lives of older people: a qualitative study

By Terrence Hays, V. Minichiello. 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Music, Social Psychology

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Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology (2015, background): “In some ways it matters less whether the fourth age is ‘unknowable’ as a cultural concept than that a better understanding of older people’s experiences of declining health and self-reliance is developed.”
Music as emotional self-regulation throughout adulthood (2011, background): “Both listening to music (Hays, 2005; Hays & Minichiello, 2005; Laukka, 2006) and singing and playing in a group (Davidson et al., 2008; Gembris, 2008) seem to be important to the elderly because they serve as a means for emotional self-regulation, emotional expression, and relaxation; they also…”
‘Colour and communion’: Exploring the influences of visual art-making as a leisure activity on older women's subjective well-being (2010, background): “Participants in the study by Hays and Minichiello (2005a, 2005b) described life-long interests in music, and found music to evoke memories of significant life events, promoting integration and life review.”
Music practice and participation for psychological well-being: A review of how music influences positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (2015, background): “In “The Pleasant Life, the Engaged Life, and the Meaningful Life,” Sirgy and Wu (2011) further explained that “the person who lives a meaningful life is one that serves what is larger and more worthwhile than just the self ’s pleasures and desires” (p. 176) and in a study investigating the significa”
Exploring engagement with music in everyday life using experience sampling methodology (2011, background): “Studies have either explored young adult populations (e.g., Lamont & Webb, 2010; North et al., 2004; Sloboda et al., 2001) or targeted other specific demographic groups such as older people (e.g., Hays & Minichiello, 2005; Laukka, 2007).”
Learning to make music in older adulthood: A mixed-methods exploration of impacts on wellbeing (2014, background): “Indeed, we know that learning to sing and listening to music can also lead to wellbeing and positive health effects (Clift & Hancox, 2010; Gick, 2011; Hays, 2005; Laukka, 2007).”
Emotion regulation strategy mediates both positive and negative relationships between music uses and well-being (2014, background): “Positive associations between music engagement and health and well-being are evident in adolescents (Miranda & Gaudreau, 2011), adults (Greasely & Lamont, 2006; Saarikallio, 2011) and the elderly (Hays & Minichiello, 2005; Laukka, 2007).”
Short- and long-term musical preferences: what makes a favourite piece of music? (2010, background): “…of choice has also been highlighted in studies using music for non-musical outcomes such as pain relief, both in clinical settings and in everyday life (Batt-Rawden & DeNora, 2005; Hays & Minichiello, 2005; Mitchell & MacDonald, 2006; Mitchell, MacDonald, & Brodie, 2006; Mitchell et al., 2007).”
Enhancing wellbeing: An emerging model of the adaptive functions of music listening (2016, background): “Music listening is an important leisure activity for both younger and older adults (Hays, 2005; North et al., 2000).”