The efficacy of using music in children of divorce groups: impact on anxiety, depression, and irrational beliefs about divorce

This study examined the efficacy of a children of divorce group using music as an intervention in comparison to a more traditional psychoeducational children of divorce group. It was predicted that children of divorce groups that utilized music would have a significantly greater impact on the children's levels of anxiety, depression, and irrational beliefs about divorce after the group ended and at a 3-month follow-up assessment. Both interventions significantly decreased cognitive and social anxiety and all irrational beliefs about divorce, except hope of reunification. Depression did not decrease for all participants but when the relationship between depression and irrational beliefs was examined, irrational beliefs were found to be mediators of depression for children of divorce. These results suggest that current interventions for children of divorce do decrease anxiety and irrational beliefs in general, but specifically addressing irrational beliefs may also decrease depressive symptoms

The Practice of Multicultural Group Work : Visions and Perspectives From the Field

By Janice L DeLucia-Waack, Jeremiah Donigian. Includes a section by College at Brockport faculty member Thomas Hernandez: Case studies in psychoeducational and task groups. In their book, DeLucia-Waack and Donigian show readers how to lead multicultural groups more effectively. They include the insights of eleven group leaders whose cultural representations reflect unique families of origin, regions, migration, and acculturation experiences. These leaders\u27 insights illustrate the ways in which persons of various cultural backgrounds may interpret events that occur in the groups in which they have been members or leaders. With this background, readers can learn to appreciate the uniqueness and power of their clients\u27 stories, and they can become more of the ways in which their own cultural and ethnic heritage may influence the way they lead multicultural groups.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1201/thumbnail.jp