Janet Eldred
Biographic Data
| ID | 9245124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Eldred |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Eldred |
| SIGNATURE | ELDRED J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Council on Aging |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2858-8240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Your Heart can Dance to them Even if your Feet Can’t”
Anton Boisen's mid-twentieth-century Hymns of Hope and Courage provided the inspiration for a survey of early-twenty-first-century people. The authors used Boisen's “psychotherapeutic considerations” underpinning his hymnal, which had been compiled for use in hospitals for the mentally ill, as the benchmark to compare the responses from the general population to questions about whether and how hymns can raise their spirits. A brief questionnaire,…
Hymns and mental health
A survey entitled ‘What hymns mean to you’ was conducted on 394 men and women, mostly recruited through religious organizations. Participants completed details on the extent that hymns can help overcome feeling down or depressed, and the reasons why. They also named up to three hymns that can have this effect. Analysis of the data revealed a high level of benefit from hymns, and a significant relationship between this and level of self-rated reli…
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Hymns and mental health
A survey entitled ‘What hymns mean to you’ was conducted on 394 men and women, mostly recruited through religious organizations. Participants completed details on the extent that hymns can help overcome feeling down or depressed, and the reasons why. They also named up to three hymns that can have this effect. Analysis of the data revealed a high level of benefit from hymns, and a significant relationship between this and level of self-rated reli…
“Your Heart can Dance to them Even if your Feet Can’t”
Anton Boisen's mid-twentieth-century Hymns of Hope and Courage provided the inspiration for a survey of early-twenty-first-century people. The authors used Boisen's “psychotherapeutic considerations” underpinning his hymnal, which had been compiled for use in hospitals for the mentally ill, as the benchmark to compare the responses from the general population to questions about whether and how hymns can raise their spirits. A brief questionnaire,…
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