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The Psychiatric Music Therapy Questionnaire (PMTQ)

Catalog of Assessment Tools

The Psychiatric Music Therapy Questionnaire (PMTQ)

The overall purpose of the PMTQ is to determine a given client’s problem-oriented behavior that can be used as a basis for music therapy intervention. The PMTQ is designed to be used in conjunction with its clinical manual that provides music therapy interventions for the problem behavior assessed with the PMTQ.

Catalog of Assessment Tools

The Psychiatric Music Therapy Questionnaire (PMTQ)

The overall purpose of the PMTQ is to determine a given client’s problem-oriented behavior that can be used as a basis for music therapy intervention. The PMTQ is designed to be used in conjunction with its clinical manual that provides music therapy interventions for the problem behavior assessed with the PMTQ.

Title (Acronym) The Psychiatric Music Therapy Questionnaire (PMTQ)
Author(s) Cassity, M. D., & Cassity, J. E.
Publication date 1994, 1998, 2006
Publisher info Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London and Philadelphia
Purpose The overall purpose of the PMTQ is to determine a given client’s problem-oriented behavior that can be used as a basis for music therapy intervention.  The PMTQ is designed to be used in conjunction with its clinical manual that provides music therapy  interventions for the problem behavior assessed with the PMTQ.
Assessment index terms
Test, Interview, Questionnaire
Adults, Adolescents, Children (separate forms included in the clinical manual)  Population
Scores The PMTQ yields a raw score for research purposes.  Clinically, the PMTQ is designed as a criterion-referenced test in which the raw score is not needed for intervention.
Administration Individual or group
Time Thirty minutes
Comments
  • Published evidence: construct validity with major personality inventories
  • ublished evidence: content validity
  • Should only be administered by a trained music therapist
CROSS REFERENCES Cassity, M. D. (2019).  The Psychiatric Music Therapy Questionnaire.  In S. L. Jacobsen, E. G.    Waldon, & G. Gattino (Eds.), Music Therapy Assessment: Theory, Research, and Application (pp. 332-363).  London and Philadelphia:  Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Reference

 Cassity, M. D. & Cassity, J. E. (2006).  Multimodal psychiatric music therapy;  A clinical manual (3rd ed.). London and Philadelphia:  Jessica Kingsley Publishers (NOTE: includes the PMTQ).
Cassity, M. D. & Cassity, J. E. (1998).  Multimodal psychiatric music therapy;  A clinical manual (2nd ed.). St. Louis: MMB Music.
Cassity, M. D. & Cassity, J. E. (1994b).  Multimodal psychiatric music therapy;  A clinical manual (2nd ed.).  Weatherford, OK: C&C Publications.
Cassity, M. D. & Cassity, J. E. (1994a).  Psychiatric music therapy assessment and treatment in clinical training facilities.  Journal of Music Therapy, 31, 2-30.
REVIEW Krout, R. (1996). Book review. Music Therapy Perspectives, 14, 2, 100.
Description The content of the PMTQ is based on the common body of knowledge related to psychiatric music therapy assessment (Cassity & Cassity, 1994a).  Part I is a brief five-item music preference survey using five-point Likert scales.  Part II, Multimodal Problem Analysis, is a 75-item inventory designed to detect client problems that music therapists treat. Clients rate themselves on each item using five-point Likert scales ranging from Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5).  In Part III, Post Interview Observations, following the conclusion of the interview, the therapist rates the client on 15 behaviors that music therapists assess during activity therapy.  Following administration of the PMTQ, the therapist documents problem behaviors indicated by the PMTQ ratings, then selects music therapy interventions from the PMTQ manual (MPMT) that are appropriate for the individual client or group. Forms are provided to record the assessment results and to guide clinical intervention and evaluation.