no significant differences were found between the two groups at week 2 (p =0 Æ639), week 3 (p =0 Æ213) and week 5 (p =0 Æ089), but significant differences were found between groups at week 4 (p =0 Æ005), week 6 (p =0 Æ012), week 7 (p =0 Æ008) and week 8 (p =0 Æ006). To address hypothesis 2,
RM ANCOVA RM ANCOVA was used to test for within-times factor (eight
weeks) for each group. In the non-music group, results revealed that there was no significant reduction in the depression scores (Trend analysis, F =0 Æ18, p =0 Æ677) over the eight weeks. On the other hand, there was significant reduction in the depression scores over the eight week for the music group