THE EFFECT OF MUSICAL EXCERPTS ON THE EVOCATION OF VALUES FOR DEPRESSED-PATIENTS

This article describes the results of research regarding the effect of musical excerpts on the evocation of values for depressed patients. D uring Phase I of the study, a reliable and valid list of values and a questionnaire were drawn up, and musical excerpts were selected. Durin g Phase II, patients (N = 44) with major depression or depressive neur osis listened to 16 musical excerpts, twice, with an intervening perio d of one to one and one-half months. Patients were asked to select fro m a list values that they felt were elicited by the music. Statistical analyses revealed that groups of musical excerpts evoked groups of va lues (discriminant functions). Other variables related to the values e voked by music ineluded: the type of depression, specific characterist ics of depression, life events, recovery, music education, and music l istening behavior.