Amateur Group Singing as a Therapeutic Instrument

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Higher education music students’ perceptions of the benefits of participative music making (2007, background): “Choral singing seems to have positive emotional, social, physical, and creative outcomes (Irish, 1993; Beck et al ., 2000; Bailey & Davidson, 2002, 2003) which may also be spiritual (Clift & Hancox, 2001).”
It’s better together: The psychological benefits of singing in a choir (2016, background): “…a number of studies have found evidence to suggest that choral singing might lead to significant improvements in psychological well-being (e.g., Bailey & Davidson, 2003a, 2005; Beck, Cesario, Yousefi, & Enamoto, 2000; Clift, Hancox, et al., 2010; Cohen et al., 2006; Grape, Sandgren, Hansson,…”
Effects of group singing and performance for marginalized and middle-class singers (2005, methodology): “The investigation utilized the outline of the semi-structured interview (see Appendix) which had been developed for our study with Choir 1 (Bailey and Davidson, 2002, 2003).”
Emotion regulation strategy mediates both positive and negative relationships between music uses and well-being (2014, background): “In a series of qualitative studies with diverse samples of individuals from a range of social backgrounds, Bailey and Davidson (2002, 2003, 2005) presented further evidence of the importance of participating in group singing.”