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    Older people’s motivations for participating in community singing in Australia

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    Authors
    Lee, J.
    Davidson, J.
    Krause, Amanda
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lee, J. and Davidson, J. and Krause, A. 2016. Older people’s motivations for participating in community singing in Australia. International Journal of Community Music. 9 (2): pp. 191-206.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Community Music
    DOI
    10.1386/ijcm.9.2.191_1
    ISSN
    1752-6299
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34299
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The aim of this project was to investigate the motivations of older people who regularly attend community singing groups in Australia. Four focus group interviews were conducted with 64 participants belonging to three community singing groups. Participants explained their motivation to attend and sing with others in the groups. A total of eight motivating factors were identified via an inductive thematic analysis, including (1) the importance of singing in my life; (2) enormous pleasure of singing with little pressure; (3) challenge and achievement; (4) spiritual and uplifting emotions; (5) strength in overcoming my age, disease and hardship; (6) good leadership; (7) fellowship with others; and (8) purpose and meaning of group singing. The themes were discussed from various perspectives including positive psychology and the PERMA well-being model. The findings suggest that the older participants seem to experience different motivation factors while at different stages of their engagement in the groups.

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