Research | Tuning Relationships with Music

* A pilot randomised controlled trial found that TRM was effective in helping families reduce conflict and improve their relationships. Results were published in Child Abuse and Neglect in 2018, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0145213418300814 and in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08098131.2019.1616807

* A summary of the research about the importance of assessing and working with the nonverbal aspects of parent-child interaction can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-016-0563-x

** A detailed description of the principles, structure and content of Tuning Relationships with Music® can be found at https://pacja.org.au/2019/12/tuning-relationships-with-music-an-intervention-for-parents-with-an-interpersonal-trauma-history-and-their-adolescents-2/

** Dr Colegrove’s PhD thesis, which gives further detail about the theory and research relevant to TRM, and about the pilot study, can be downloaded at https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/217994

In partnership with the University of Melbourne (Mindful Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health), an implementation study is currently underway to find out if TRM is helpful for families attending counselling at a trauma recovery community service. https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=384023&isReview=true

Current research at The Cairnmillar Institute (CMI) aims to explore factors that will allow counselling, psychotherapy and psychology students to offer TRM to families as part of their studies. This is the first step of a three-phase project which will later ask families about their experience of TRM at CMI, then offer families the opportunity to take part in a larger scale randomised controlled trial.

* These articles are available to be purchased from the relevant academic journal via the links provided.
However, they also comprise chapters of Dr Colegrove’s thesis which can be downloaded free of charge via Minerva (link above).

** Open access