This article is based on a three-year study aimed to document the links between music and disaffection. 21 students who entered Year 7 in a mainstream secondary school, from five feeder primary schools within one local education authority, were identified as being disaffected. They were interviewed twice a year for three years. Their parents were interviewed once a year. An assessment of emotional and physical response to certain types of music was gained by observation and by recording the physical effects of listening to music.

Published in Education Today, 58, 2.