Emotion regulation during conflict interaction after a systemic music intervention

Understanding changes for parents with a trauma history and their adolescent

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ID4636484
AutoresVivienne M Colegrove (0000-0001-8673-8361), Sophie S Havighurst (0000-0002-7931-1025), Christiane E Kehoe (0000-0001-8315-8644)
Año2019
Volumen28
Número5
Páginas405-425
Fecha de publicación2019-10-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNordisk Tidsskrift for Musikkterapi (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0803-9828 • E-ISSN: 1944-8260
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08098131.2019.1616807
OpenAlexW2944970363
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas57

Introduction: For parents who have experienced childhood maltreatment, parenting an adolescent may trigger memories of abuse or neglect, intensifying parent-adolescent conflict. This paper extends an earlier report of outcomes from a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of Tuning Relationships with MusicTM, an intervention for parent-adolescent dyads where parents have a trauma history and dyads are experiencing conflict, in order to look systemically at dyads' emotion regulation during their musical representation of nonverbal conflict interaction (NCI).Method: The RCT randomly allocated 26 parent-adolescent dyads into intervention or control conditions, and analysed dyads' self-report and observation measures completed at baseline and 4-month post-baseline follow-up. Aims of the current paper were (1) to examine relationships between parents' trauma history, parent-adolescent conflict, parents' reactivity and responsiveness, and dyads' emotion regulation, consistency and predictability during NCI; and (2) whether a systemic music intervention focused on nonverbal communication (NVC) and emotion regulation would change the dynamics of dyads' relational conflict.Results: Higher parents' childhood betrayal trauma and adolescent-reported conflict scores were correlated with predictable NVC sequences whilst dyads were emotionally dysregulated, and parents' reactivity was correlated with dyads' inconsistent NVC during NCI. Post-intervention dyads were more emotionally regulated, consistent and predictable during NCI, reported lower levels of conflict and showed increased parent emotional responsiveness and reduced reactivity.Discussion: Findings indicate that where parents have experienced childhood maltreatment, conflictual parent-adolescent dyads may benefit from intervention focusing on skills that promote emotionally regulated, predictable and consistent NVC during conflict interactions. Trials with a larger sample are warranted

Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Nonverbal communication · Psychiatry · Reactivity (psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Infant Health and Development · Medicine · Psychology