Effects of music therapy on psychological health of women during pregnancy
*This book was written by three people, one an RN, one a PhD, and one an MD.
*All of these authors have worked in the field for several years and have extensive experience with pregnancy.
*Mei-Yueh Chang, RN attended Kaohsiung Medical University.
*Chung-Hey Chen, PhD, RN and Professor also went to Kaohsiung Medical University.
*Kuofeng Huang, MD is the Director of the OBGYN Chi Mei Medical Center in Taiwan.
*All of the authors are involved in research projects regarding pregnancy and the psychological health of the women.
*The Kaohsiung Medical University is their biggest affiliation.
*This information was first published in 2008.
*As this is a book it has not been updated, but the authors suggest several other books and articles in their references.
*The references page provides links to all of their sources.
*The authors provide information about their specific study in terms of data which is intended to inform women of the benefits of music during pregnancy.
*Originally, I think this article was intended for professionals and students but I think pregnant women would be interested as well.
*This article does not show bias as it focuses on the un-biased results of the study.
*The medical board reviewed this study and article and approved.
*This source has a lot of information that is helpful to my research. It is also very helpful because it comes from such a credible source.
*When reading the article I can tell it was intended for doctors and students but it is not too wordy to where it is hard to understand.
*All-in-all I'm very glad I found this book.
Chang, M.-Y., Chen, C.-H. and Huang, K.-F. (2008), Effects of music therapy on psychological health of women during pregnancy. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17: 2580–2587. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02064.x
A healthy dose of classical music
*This author is a journalist, a correspondent for the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
*The author has no expertise on the matter, she is just reporting on the event that sparked all of the interest.
*This newspaper article does not say what degree the author has but she is with the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
*This information was published March 30, 2010 and has not been updated.
*The article provides no links to other relevant articles or books and there is no bibliography. That is because this article is all about observation and events.
*This information is intended to inform but also persuade people to come to this event and support the "Mozart Effect" theory.
*There is definitely bias shown, in the article a mother comments on how her children are calmed by classical music and that her daughter is better at reading because of it. The classical music may be irrelevant to her daughters advanced reading.
*This article was not critically reviewed after it was written but does contain a little information that is helpful to me, like the mothers comments.
*As it is a newspaper article it is very easy to understand.
"A healthy dose of classical music." Sarasota Herald Tribune 30 Mar. 2010. General OneFile. Web. 3 July 2012.
