A Study on the Effectiveness of Music Therapy to Relief the Anxiety of International Students in Korea: Focusing on the Lyrics Creation Techniques

This study explores the effects of music therapy programs including lyrics creation on college students" anxiety, with the aim of reducing college students" daily anxiety and improving their quality of life. Accordingly, in this study, the psychological changes of college students were measured and anxiety factors were investigated. In order to understand the effect of lyrics creative music therapy on college students" anxiety changes, it was analyzed through the anxiety diagnosis scale (BDI), anxiety relief degree (HAM-A), and various emotional state recognition. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the anxiety of all subjects decreased, which has a psychological change and positive effect. Through this research process, this study confirmed positive changes in anxiety of college students participating in music therapy programs. First, as a result of implementing the lyrics creative music therapy program, the anxiety diagnosis score (Z=-2.670 and p<0.01) of international students significantly decreased. Second, as a result of implementing the music lyrics creative therapy program, a significant change was observed in the degree of anxiety relief of college students (Z=-2.760, p<0.01). In addition, it was consistent with the change in the perceived level in all emotional items. The level of awareness of happiness and comfort significantly increased, and the level of awareness of sadness and fear significantly decreased. Participants expressed their inner feelings, insights, and clearly recognized their true selves in the process of creating their own works and telling their stories through music therapy activities. As a result, social interaction ability and self-esteem improved, and problem-solving ability improved. There was a sense of courage and relief for the growth experience that they will face in the future, and it was found that international students were encouraged and confident to think about exchanges with others in life while expressing and diverging emotions, and expressing their thoughts and feelings in a comfortable and stable state satisfies psychological stability.