Reducing School Dropout and Enhancing Pupils' Sense of Belonging and Participation Through Co-created Music-based Activities

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Preventative Health
• Well-Being, Psychological
• Salutogenesis
• Mastery

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group music activity, co-created by pupils and music therapists, 1x/week over 1 school semester

Group music activity is a music therapy intervention where participants will performe activites such as songwriting, music production and singing. The sessions will be conducted by an appropriately qualified music therapist, with support from the teacher and the researcher.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual school schedule over 1 school semester

The participants will at first only attend a ordinary school schedule over 1 semester without group music activity. The next semester the participants will be followed by group music activity plus orinary school schedule.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South-Eastern Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Nordahl Grieg videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• STIFTINGA BERGEN KATEDRALSKOLE

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Årstad videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hyssingen Produksjonsskole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Knarvik videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sotra videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Amalie Skram videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Olsvikåsen videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• VESTLAND FYLKESKOMMUNE OPPLÆRING OG KOMPETANSE

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• STIFTELSEN VESTNORSK JAZZSENTER

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fyllingsdalen videregående skole

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Møhlenpris idrettslag

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• GIVE MUSIC A CHANCE - NORWAY

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• NAV Vestland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Bergen kommune, Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Aalborg University, Department of Communication & Psychology

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Jyvaskyla

  collaborator OTHER

• NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-08-15

Primary Completion

2027-12-23

Completion

2027-12-23

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations