| Title | Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention to promote emotion regulation for under-resourced preschoolers: Examining intervention intensity |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2023 |
| Authors | Moore KSena, Hanson-Abromeit D |
| Journal | The Arts in Psychotherapy |
| Volume | 82 |
| Pagination | 101984 |
| ISSN | 0197-4556 |
| Keywords | Early intervention, Emotion regulation, Music intervention development, Pilot study, Under-resourced preschoolers |
| Abstract | {Children living in under-resourced communities are at higher risk for developing poor emotion regulation (ER) skills. Opportunities to practice managing physiological arousal may help alleviate poor ER. The preventive Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention is designed to promote preschooler ER development through alternating music experiences that offer practice managing high and low physiological arousal. We implemented it with 43 preschoolers in Head Start to examine intervention intensity. A board-certified music therapist facilitated the MCRF with preschoolers either three times a week (n = 21 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455622001058 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.aip.2022.101984 |
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