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      Emerging Adult Women's Experiences of Music and Nature at a Music Festival

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      Date
      2019-08-07
      Author
      Soulodre, Natalie RM 1989-
      ORCID
      0000-0002-5482-3753
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This study explored how engagement with music and nature in a Canadian outdoor music festival setting benefits emerging adult females, a population reported to experience ever-growing demands, pressures, and expectations in their everyday lives. Recent empirical accounts highlight the psychologically restorative effects of engagement with music for music festival attendees. However, no studies have yet directly examined (a) the benefits of the natural wilderness setting of the outdoor music festival for attendees' wellbeing, and (b) the interconnection of nature and music to facilitate health and wellbeing as conceptualized within a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework. A purposeful sample was recruited based on age (18-29 years old); past festival attendance (2 or more); and the belief that attending music festivals was beneficial to their health and wellbeing. Recruitment and data collection occurred on-site during a 2018 summer music festival. Four women participated, each one individually interviewed for a period of 45 to 75 minutes in a semi-structured manner. Interviews were taped, fully transcribed, and then analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings suggested that the wellbeing dimensions of (a) positive emotion, (b) engagement, (c) positive relationships, (d) meaning, and (e) accomplishment are optimized when engaging with music and nature in a Canadian outdoor music festival setting, a particularly beneficial and life-enhancing experience for young women negotiating emergent adulthood. Implications for practice and further research are noted.
      Degree
      Master of Education (M.Ed.)
      Department
      Educational Psychology and Special Education
      Program
      School and Counselling Psychology
      Supervisor
      Nicol, Jennifer
      Committee
      Martin, Stephanie; Kalyn, Brenda; McIntyre, Laureen
      Copyright Date
      June 2019
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12250
      Subject
      music, nature, music festivals, female emerging adults, health and wellbeing
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