Perkins, Rosie, Sanfilipppo, Katie Rose M., Graham, Debi, Durrant, Michael, Alway, Philippa, Anstee, Lottie, Corcoran, Kelly, East, Ewan, Ettenberger, Mark, Knight, Julian, Krause, Amanda, Lense, Miriam, McCaffrey, Triona, McConnell, Bonnie, Ortiz, Tiffany, Spiro, Neta, Swanick, Rachel, Tuncgenc, Bahar, and The Music and Parental Wellbeing Research Network (2025) Music and parental wellbeing: A position paper. Music & Science, 8.

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Abstract

This article sets out a collective vision for a new Music and Parental Wellbeing Alliance. It starts from the premise that challenges to parental wellbeing represent a persistent, global concern. When unchecked, these challenges can lead to negative consequences for the whole family. Music is common in the lives of many parents around the world; yet despite emerging evidence, it is not yet considered as an option in most parental care pathways. To address this requires a collaborative approach, leading to the founding of the Music and Parental Wellbeing Research Network in 2023. As a network comprising of parents, musicians, music therapists, healthcare practitioners, researchers, arts leaders, and policy experts, we set ourselves the task of proposing and setting out a direction for the field of music and parental wellbeing. We embarked on agreeing the key steps needed to advance the field, and the driving principles underpinning such endeavor, arriving at a vision for our ongoing work: To enable, sustain, and expand an international and interdisciplinary community that works towards ensuring that all parents have the opportunity – and are empowered and equipped – to engage with music that can support their wellbeing. In this short article, we articulate a mission for a new Music and Parental Wellbeing Alliance that is focused on achieving our vision through SHAPING evidence and practice, SUPPORTING professionals working in the field, and SHARING the potential of music in supporting parental wellbeing. We invite readers to join us in progressing this mission.

Item ID:	86116
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2059-2043
Keywords:	Alliance, interdisciplinarity, mental health, music, parents, parental wellbeing, perinatal, wellbeing, music psychology, psychology of music, social and applied psychology, health psychology, parenting,
Copyright Information:	© The Author(s) 2025. Creative Commons CC BY: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the workwithout further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2025 04:39
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