Field of study: Music Therapy
Kristi Stedje: Music, dementia and spousal relationship quality

How may home-based shared music experiences influence life partner relationship quality in couples affected by dementia?
Summary
The aim of this Phd study is to contribute to the knowledge about how music and music therapy interventions may influence spousal relationship quality in couples living with dementia – i.e. couples in which one has a dementia diagnosis. The project is part of HOMESIDE (Baker et al., 2023)
The dissertation
The dissertation is titled Couplehood in music. The influences of shared music experiences on relationship quality in couples living with dementia.
It comprises three articles and an introduction and is written in English.
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Published: Jun 9, 2022 — Last updated: Feb 3, 2025