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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1492530
This article is part of the Research Topic Emotional Resilience for Wellbeing and Employability: The Role of Learning and Training – Volume II View all 8 articles

Effect of Music Therapy on Emotional Resilience, Well-Being, and Employability: A Quantitative Investigation of Mediation and Moderation

Provisionally accepted
Yingjie Feng Yingjie Feng 1Mingda Wang Mingda Wang 2*
  • 1 City University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

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    This study explores the impact of music therapy on emotional resilience, well-being, and employability. Through an 8-week music therapy intervention involving 256 participants, the results demonstrated that music therapy significantly enhanced participants' emotional resilience, which in turn improved their well-being and employability. A significant positive correlation was found between emotional resilience, well-being, and employability, with well-being mediating the relationship between emotional resilience and employability. Additionally, the study identified moderating effects of age and education level, revealing that younger individuals and those with higher education levels benefit more from emotional resilience in terms of well-being and employability. These findings suggest that music therapy is an effective intervention for enhancing emotional resilience and career development, with well-being playing a crucial role in this process. Future research should continue to investigate the long-term benefits of music therapy, explore its effects across diverse populations, and incorporate objective measures and longitudinal designs to validate and expand upon these findings.

    Keywords: Music Therapy, emotional resilience, Well-being, employability, mediation effect, Moderation effect, Mental Health, Career development

    Received: 07 Sep 2024; Accepted: 27 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Feng and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Mingda Wang, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

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