RESONATE is a cluster-randomised crossover trial focusing on reducing school dropout rates and fostering belonging through co-created music-based activites, by combining music therapy (MT), psychology, and social sciences.
About 200 participants will be recruited in the area of Bergen, Norway. They will be randomized into the following intervention arms: group music activity followed by usual school schedule or usual school schedule followed by group music activity.
Pupils from the area Bergen, Norway.
High school pupils.
Sufficient Scandinavian language skills.
Between age 15-25.
Does not speak a Scandinavian language sufficiently.
Planning to change school during the school year.
Uncorrected hearing impairment.
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Lead sponsor
University of South-Eastern Norway
Collaborator
Nordahl Grieg videregående skole
Collaborator
STIFTINGA BERGEN KATEDRALSKOLE
Collaborator
Årstad videregående skole
Collaborator
Hyssingen Produksjonsskole
Collaborator
Knarvik videregående skole
Collaborator
Sotra videregående skole
Collaborator
Amalie Skram videregående skole
Collaborator
Olsvikåsen videregående skole
Collaborator
VESTLAND FYLKESKOMMUNE OPPLÆRING OG KOMPETANSE
Collaborator
STIFTELSEN VESTNORSK JAZZSENTER
Collaborator
Fyllingsdalen videregående skole
Collaborator
Møhlenpris idrettslag
Collaborator
GIVE MUSIC A CHANCE - NORWAY
Collaborator
NAV Vestland
Collaborator
Bergen kommune, Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Collaborator
Aalborg University, Department of Communication & Psychology
Collaborator
University of Jyvaskyla
Collaborator