Cultural Consideration on Psychosocial Wellbeing for Dyads: The Role of Songs 9571

This presentation will compare two quantitative studies on psychosocial factors for adults who have had Acquired Brain Injury or Spinal Cord Injury and their caregivers using the same song-based protocol conducted at two different sites from different cultural backgrounds. The presentation will share how cultural factors play a role in the correlation on mood states between care recipients and caregivers and participants’ responses in caregiving experiences. The presentation will also discuss the cultural consideration working with dyads, and the value and the functions of songs in addressing psychosocial wellbeing. The clinical implication and cultural competencies for clinicians who work with dyads at neurorehabilitation settings will also be discussed in the presentation.