Music video as intervention therapy in reducing depression among Malay female juvenile detainees in rehabilitation center

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of music video as intervention tool in reducing depression among the Malay female juvenile detainees in rehabilitation center in one of the northern state of Malaysia. This is an experimental study which uses BDI II with a cronbach alpha of 0.86 in assessing the depression level with a dimension of physical, behaviour, education and life perception, self-perception and, family and society. The findings of this study concluded that music video (relaxation therapy) can be of an effective tool in reducing depression with a condition that the therapy itself must not exceed two times within four weeks in a row. Physical, behaviour and, education and life are the most significantly associated with the use of music video intervention (relaxation therapy).