Krause, Amanda (2023) How music listening can support perinatal maternal well-being. In: Abstracts from the 6th Biennial Virtual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine. From: 6th Biennial Virtual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine, 3 June 2023, Virtual.

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Introduction: Low maternal parenting self-efficacy (i.e., a mother’s low confidence in her ability to care for, and support the health of, her baby) is a significant predictor of postnatal mental illness, poor family functioning, and numerous negative child health, development, and behaviour outcomes. A digital WebApp under development aims to provide a digital resource centre (including activities and materials for perinatal women and paired supporters) to build maternal parenting self-efficacy. To assist in creating a well-rounded suite of resources including those related to music (e.g., guided music listening tracks for relaxation), a scoping review will be conducted to consolidate evidence-based knowledge on the role of music listening for maternal well-being during the pre-natal and delivery periods.

Materials & Methods: While previous research has focused on the infant, and neonatal intensive care unit experiences in particular, the focus of this scoping review is on mothers’ experiences during pregnancy, guided by a research question that asks, What does the published research tell us about the influence of music on mothers’ well-being during the perinatal period? Following PRISMA guidelines, a scoping review will be conducted whereby the eligibility criteria includes: works published in the last 20 years in English about females in the prenatal-to-birth period and music listening. A database search will be done using designated search terms (music+listen* and perinatal, peri-natal, peri natal, prenatal, pre-natal, pre natal, pregnan*, labour, labor, birth).

Results and Discussion: Preliminary search results suggest that music listening is effective in reducing mothers’ stress, anxiety, and depression levels, improving sleep quality, and is associated with an increase in maternal-infant bonding and maternal self-efficacy. The results have implications for the development of music resources and activities tailored to support perinatal women’s well-being.

Item ID:	78838
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
Keywords:	health, well-being, pregnancy, perinatal, intrapartum, women, mothers, labour, birth, maternal, music listening, social and applied psychology of music, music psychology, scoping review, music listening
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Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2023 01:35
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5203 Clinical and health psychology > 520304 Health psychology @ 50% 36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3603 Music > 360399 Music not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 50% 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1301 Arts > 130102 Music @ 50%
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