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How Young Adults Make Meaning of Their Family Intergenerational Solidarity Through the Use of Music

Petrone, Keri B.

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2014, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
This qualitative research project explores how young adults make meaning of their family intergenerational solidarity through the use of music. The project employed a type of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to unlock meaning-making themes among young adults. Data collection consisted of interviewing ten young adults whose family had unintentionally or intentionally used music to increase their family intergenerational solidarity. The interviews were semi-structured. This study attempted to capture the depth of each young adult’s meaning-making. Seven general themes emerged: (a) I have experienced bonding with my family members through the use of music; (b) I have experienced emotional and/or psychological change through the use of music; (c) I have experienced the transmission (up, down, or laterally) of musical preference and/or talent among family members, (d) I have had a strong emotional experience with music (SEM) in the presence of my family; (e) I have experienced the bonding of my family members over a musical performance and/or with the use of a musical instrument; (f) I have experienced music triggering the recollection of family memories; and (g) I found music to be meaningful during a holiday(s), tradition(s), or religious or cultural experience(s). The first theme, I have experienced bonding with my family members through the use of music, sets the scene for those which follow. The six following themes represent six ways in which the young adults obtained the first theme: greater cohesion with family members of different generations through the use of music. All ten of the young adults experienced the strengthening of their family intergenerational solidarity through the use of music.
Roger L. Peterson, PhD, ABPP (Committee Chair)
Lorraine Mangione, PhD (Committee Member)
William Slammon, PhD (Committee Member)
104 p.

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  • Petrone, K. B. (2014). How Young Adults Make Meaning of Their Family Intergenerational Solidarity Through the Use of Music [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412266372

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Petrone, Keri. How Young Adults Make Meaning of Their Family Intergenerational Solidarity Through the Use of Music . 2014. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412266372.

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  • Petrone, Keri. "How Young Adults Make Meaning of Their Family Intergenerational Solidarity Through the Use of Music ." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412266372

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)