摘要：This study surveyed music therapists (682 respondents from 1,890 survey recipients) to
examine their experiences in terms of reported perceptions of their situations, their
practices, their approaches, and their personal, work, and family concerns. A first report
from this survey (Curtis, 2013) looked at the experiences of present-day music therapists in
Canada and the United States. This follow-up report examines the experiences of those
survey respondents who self-identify as community music therapists (103 of the 682 survey
respondents). Of those respondents, 13.6% were men and 86.4% were women. Canadians
accounted for 18.4% and respondents from the US accounted for 81.6%. From among the
entire 682 respondents, significantly more Canadians (55.4%) self-identified as community
music therapists in comparison with their US counterparts (15.3%; p < .05). Quantitative
and qualitative analyses provided information concerning Canadian and US Community
Music Therapy respondents in terms of their: demographic information; education and
work situations; personal, family, and work concerns; perceptions of discrimination; and
theoretical orientations. Emerged themes from the qualitative analysis of respondents’
thoughts on Community Music Therapy included: firm identification; identification with a
caveat; community building/belonging; drawing from Community Music Therapy
principles; formal track record; reducing stigma; and working with groups. A need for
future research (e.g., surveys, interviews, auto-ethnographies, etc.) into the profiles of
community music therapists practicing in other parts of the world was highlighted.
其他摘要：This study surveyed music therapists (682 respondents from 1,890 survey recipients) to examine their experiences in terms of reported perceptions of their situations, their practices, their approaches, and their personal, work, and family concerns. A first report from this survey (Curtis, 2013) looked at the experiences of present-day music therapists in Canada and the United States. This follow-up report examines the experiences of those survey respondents who self-identify as community music therapists (103 of the 682 survey respondents). Of those respondents, 13.6% were men and 86.4% were women. Canadians accounted for 18.4% and respondents from the US accounted for 81.6%. From among the entire 682 respondents, significantly more Canadians (55.4%) self-identified as community music therapists in comparison with their US counterparts (15.3%; p<.05). Quantitative and qualitative analyses provided information concerning Canadian and US Community Music Therapy respondents in terms of their: demographic information; education and work situations; personal, family, and work concerns; perceptions of discrimination; and theoretical orientations. Emerged themes from the qualitative analysis of respondents’ thoughts on Community Music Therapy included: firm identification; identification with a caveat; community building/belonging; drawing from Community Music Therapy principles; formal track record; reducing stigma; and working with groups. A need for future research (e.g., surveys, interviews, auto-ethnographies, etc.) into the profiles of community music therapists practicing in other parts of the world was highlighted.
关键词：Community Music Therapists; Profile; professionelle Identität; Leben; Praxis; Kanada und die Vereinigten Staaten; Survey research;musicoterapeutas comunitários;perfis;identidade profissional;vidas;práticas;Canadá e Estados Unidos da América;pesquisa enquete;community music therapists;profiles;professional identity;lives;practices;Canada and the United States of America;survey research;キーワード：コミュニティ・ミュージック・セラピスト、プロファイル、専門職的アイデンティティ、人生、実践、カナダとアメリカ合衆国、アンケート;musicothérapeutes communautaire;profils;identité professionnelle;vit;pratiques;Le Canada et les États-Unis d'Amérique;recherche par sondage
其他关键词：music therapy;community music therapists; profiles; professional identity; lives; practices; Canada and the United States of America; survey research
