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Reducing School Dropout and Enhancing Pupils' Sense of Belonging and Participation Through Co-created Music-based Activities
Sponsor: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
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.
Official title: Reducing School Dropout and Enhancing Pupils' Sense of Belonging and Participation Through Co-created Music-based Activities: The RESONATE Cluster-randomised Crossover Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2026-08-15
Completion Date
2027-12-23
Last Updated
2026-06-08
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
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.
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.
Locations (16)
Give Music A Chance - Norway
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
NAV Vestland
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Hyssingen Produksjonsskole
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Møhlenpris idrettslag
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Stiftelsen Vestnorsk Jazzsenter
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Amalie Skram videregående skole
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Bergen kommune, Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Vestland Fylkeskommune Opplæring og Kompetanse
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Årstad videregående skole
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Stiftinga Bergen Katedralskole
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Nordahl Grieg videregående skole
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Fyllingsdalen videregående skole
Fyllingsdalen, Vestland, Norway
Knarvik videregående skole
Isdalstø, Vestland, Norway
Olsvikåsen videregående skole
Olsvik, Vestland, Norway
Sotra videregående skole
Straume, Vestland, Norway
Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
Borre, Norway