Topic: How does music influence children/adolescents?
Topic definied: music- includes anytype of music (classical, rap, country, ecclectic, vulgar, christian, etc)
influence- correlation between music listened to and behavior
Sources:
1.The Impact of Music on Children and Adolesccent Achievement (from EBSCOhost)
-This article focuses on the association between music and academic achievement. It takes a clearly positive opinion of musical influence. The article talks about studies done concerning music participation in the school, outside of school, and parental involvement (such as attending concerts)
2. Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Better Be Prepared: An Analysis of the Rare Sexual Health Messages in Young Adolescents' Media (from EBSCOhost)
-This article discussed the very little and very inaccurate sexual health information in the media (music, television, movies, and magazines). It shows a very negative view of the influence of music, along with other media sources, on adolescents, especially concerning their sexual behaviors.
3. Influence of Music on Youth Behaviors (from EBSCOhost)
-This article discusses the possitve relationship between violence and substence abuse in songs and substance abuse and violence in listeners. This article takes the position that adolescents who listen to music which promotes/talks about drug use, sex, and/or violence are more likely to abuse drugs, have sex, and use violence.
4. Rock, rap, and rebellion: comparisons of traits predicting selective exposure to defiant music (from EBSCOhost)
-This article focuses on a study done where adolescents were put in a room and got to choose differenet music to listen to. The choices were recorded and then compared to participants behavior and level of inhibition.

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