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Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised (MASA-R)

Catalog of Assessment Tools

Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised (MASA-R)

To assess the examinee’s ability to attend to musical stimuli which may be incorporated into interventions used as procedural support during invasive medical procedures

Catalog of Assessment Tools

Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised (MASA-R)

To assess the examinee’s ability to attend to musical stimuli which may be incorporated into interventions used as procedural support during invasive medical procedures

Title (Acronym) Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised (MASA-R)
Author(s) Wolfe, D. E.; Waldon, E. G. (original version)
Publication date 2009
Publisher info American Music Therapy Association
Purpose To assess the examinee’s ability to attend to musical stimuli which may be incorporated into interventions used as procedural support during invasive medical procedures
Test category

Test
Population Hospitalized pediatric patients, ages 4 to 9 years
Scores 3 raw scores (Item 1; Item 2; and Overall Score)
Administration Individual
Time 6 minutes
Comments
  • Published evidence: construct validity, test-retest reliability, interobserver reliability
  • There is no published empirical evidence supporting its use in the clinical setting
  • The current version of the test involves popular children’s music from the United States
  • No specialized training is required for administration.
CROSS REFERENCES

Waldon, E. G., Lesser, A., Weeden, L., & Messick, E. (2016). The Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment, Revised: A study of technical adequacy. Journal of Music Therapy, 53, 75 – 92. doi: 10.1093./jmt/thv021

Waldon, E. G., & Broadhurst, E. H. (2014). Construct validity and reliability of the Music Attentiveness Screening Assessment (MASA). Journal of Music Therapy, 51, 154 – 170. doi: 10.1093/jmt/thu008
Reference

Wolfe, D. E., & Waldon, E. G. (2009) Music therapy and pediatric medicine: A guide to skill development and clinical intervention. Silver Spring, MD: American Music Therapy Association.
REVIEW None.
Description Children listen to two recordings and are directed to execute a physical response (pointing) at specific points when cued by the music (e.g., when a target word is heard). The examiner observes the child during administration and records responses on a protocol/form. Raw scores for each recording (Items 1 and 2) are calculated as well as an overall raw score (a combination of both items).