The influences of music training on decision making in Thai adolescence
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Issued Date
2013
Copyright Date
2013
Resource Type
Language
eng
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
xi, 71 leaves : ill.
Access Rights
open access
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ผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้า
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Mahidol University
Bibliographic Citation
Thesis (M.Sc. (Human Development))--Mahidol University, 2013
Suggested Citation
Anuch Sinarod The influences of music training on decision making in Thai adolescence. Thesis (M.Sc. (Human Development))--Mahidol University, 2013. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/95199
Title
The influences of music training on decision making in Thai adolescence
Alternative Title(s)
อิทธิพลของการฝึกดนตรีต่อทักษะการตัดสินใจในเด็กวัยรุ่นไทย
Author(s)
Abstract
Adolescent period is an important development phase in the human life span. During this period the reward and emotional brain becomes fully development, but the prefrontal cortex remains not fully developed. The prefrontal cortex becomes fully mature at 25 years old, therefore, the decision-making in adolescence is mostly lead by risk behavior. Several studies have found the advantage of music training in the promotion of the executive function that regulate the reward and emotional brain. This study is aimed at examining the influence of music training on decision making in adolescent by comparing the decision-making performance of the adolescent in musician and non-musician groups. Ex post facto research design was applied to compare the mean of decision-making score between continuous musician training and non-music training group by using independent sample t-test statistic. A questionnaire was applied to collect data to analyze the difference in backgrounds regarding general information, family, health, and extra curriculum. Sample population of this study was composed of the total number of 76 students: 33 boys and 43 girls, in the 11th grade. The target group refers to musician with four years or more training, which included 16 boys and 22 girls. The control group refers to non-music training which included 17 Boys and 21 girls. Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), a standardized test for decision-making evaluation was applied to calculate decision making score. The Independent sample t-test was performed to evaluate the mean differences of the dependent variables (IGT score) between the target and control groups. This research found that continuous music training group showed higher means score of cool decision making than non-music training group. The impact of this study suggests that extra curriculum activated in music training in school is advantage when promoting cool decision making in adolescence.
Description
Human Development (Mahidol University 2013)
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Level
Master's degree
Degree Department
National Institute for Child and Family Development
Degree Discipline
Human Development
Degree Grantor(s)
Mahidol University