Understanding the Missing Link Between Musical Attitudes, Preferences and Psychological Profiles: Music as Auto-Medication and Self-Administered Therapy? Implications for Music Therapy

Health Psychol Res. 2015 Nov 30;3(3):1545. doi: 10.4081/hpr.2015.1545.

¹ Department of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Genoa.
² Giacomo Puccini Conservatory of Music, La Spezia; Carlo Soliva School of Music, Casale Monferrato.
³ La Scala Theatre , Milan.
⁴ Niccolò Paganini Conservatory of Music , Genoa.
⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa , Italy.

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Keywords: Music therapy; musical attitudes; preferences; psychological profiles; self-administered therapy.