A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Scoping review and concept analysis of early adolescents' emotional skills: Towards development of a music therapy assessment tool
Authors: Salokivi Maija, Salanterä Sanna, Ala-Ruona Esa
Publisher: GRIEG ACADEMY
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
Journal name in source: NORDIC JOURNAL OF MUSIC THERAPY
Journal acronym: NORD J MUSIC THER
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
First page : 63
Last page: 88
Number of pages: 26
ISSN: 0809-8131
eISSN: 1944-8260
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2021.1903977
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/59405266
Introduction: This paper describes the concept and content of early adolescents' emotional skills among the general population. The research literature contains many emotional skills-related terms with overlapping meanings, and it can be challenging to determine which are applicable for example, to a music therapy assessment tool. This study comprises the first phase of developing an assessment tool for early adolescents' emotional skills, namely, determining what is to be assessed.
Method: A scoping review of the literature is presented with written definitions of emotional skills-related terms, as well as a concept analysis of the terms performed using Walker and Avant's method.
Results: The components of early adolescents' emotional skills are presented. Early adolescents' emotional skills comprise several skill components as presented in the current research literature. These components help in understanding the multifaceted entirety of emotional skills.
Discussion: This paper presents the term emotional skills as a practical, general term that includes the content of other emotional skills-related terms. The concept analysis' outcome, the components of early adolescents' emotional skills, is applicable to future research as a theoretical framework for developing an assessment tool for early adolescents' emotional skills. The components are also useful for music therapy clinicians to analyse their work with early adolescents and to communicate in detail the phenomenona related to emotional skills in therapy.
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