Music is a valuable aid for hospitalized adolescents as they navigate normative and non-normative stressors. Music-based interventions link these adolescents with composers who write music designed to facilitate emotional well-being; yet little is known about how each engage and find meaning in these interventions. This study examines the motivations and musical choices of composers of music for mental health, as well as how hospitalized adolescents engage in and benefit from the creative process. Ten adolescents with extensive hospital experiences, six composers, two hospital staff, and one program coordinator were observed and/or interviewed in a music-based intervention. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of interviews with composers, coordinators, and hospital staff was performed to gain deep understanding of psychosocial benefits for all groups. This was supplemented by ethnographic observation of the program. Qualitative themes of Composer Reasoning, Listener Influence, and Adolescent Engagement revealed interplay of challenges and rewards for composers and adolescents. Composers reported positive change in adolescent mood and engagement and reflected on this within the context of meaning-making and social connection. This study demonstrates the potential value of music as a tool to promote positive identity and contributes to the body of research forging a connection between the arts and health care.

音乐对于住院青少年来说是一种宝贵的帮助，因为他们可以应对规范性和非规范性压力源。基于音乐的干预将这些青少年与为促进情绪健康而创作音乐的作曲家联系起来；然而，人们对每个人如何参与并在这些干预中找到意义知之甚少。本研究调查了音乐作曲家对心理健康的动机和音乐选择，以及住院青少年如何参与创作过程并从中受益。在基于音乐的干预中观察和/或采访了十名具有丰富医院经验的青少年、六名作曲家、两名医院工作人员和一名项目协调员。对作曲家、协调员、并对医院工作人员进行了表演，以深入了解所有群体的心理社会福利。对该计划的人种学观察补充了这一点。作曲家推理、听众影响和青少年参与的定性主题揭示了作曲家和青少年面临的挑战和奖励的相互作用。作曲家报告了青少年情绪和参与度的积极变化，并在意义创造和社会联系的背景下对此进行了反思。这项研究证明了音乐作为促进积极认同的工具的潜在价值，并有助于在艺术与医疗保健之间建立联系的研究主体。和青少年参与揭示了作曲家和青少年面临的挑战和奖励的相互作用。作曲家报告了青少年情绪和参与度的积极变化，并在意义创造和社会联系的背景下对此进行了反思。这项研究证明了音乐作为促进积极认同的工具的潜在价值，并有助于在艺术与医疗保健之间建立联系的研究机构。和青少年参与揭示了作曲家和青少年面临的挑战和奖励的相互作用。作曲家报告了青少年情绪和参与度的积极变化，并在意义创造和社会联系的背景下对此进行了反思。这项研究证明了音乐作为促进积极认同的工具的潜在价值，并有助于在艺术与医疗保健之间建立联系的研究主体。