The purpose of this study is to see if music can help children practice how to manage their emotions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
MCRF involves 20-minute music therapy sessions comprised of seven interconnected components. Each session follows the same contour of neutral, low, and high arousal experiences facilitated through music.
St. Albans Child Enrichment Center Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, Florida, United States
Change in emotion regulation as measured by Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC)
The Emotion Regulation subscale of the ERC is an 8-item, four-point Likert-type scale to assess ER processes in children. Parents and teachers will complete the ERC pre- and post-intervention. Scores range from 8 to 32 points. Higher scores reflect greater emotion regulation.
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Change in emotional lability/negativity as measured by Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC)
The Lability/Negativity subscale of the ERC is a 15-item, four-point Likert-type scale to assess emotional lability in children. Parents and teachers will complete the ERC pre- and post-intervention. Scores range from 15 to 60 points. Higher scores reflect greater emotional lability.
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Change in behaviors as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5)
The CBCL/1.5-5 is a 99-item, three-point Likert-type scale to assess internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, attending behaviors, and aggressive in preschool-aged children. Parents will complete the CBCL/1.5-5 pre- and post-intervention. Scores range from 0 to 198 points. Higher scores reflect greater emotional problems.
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Change in behaviors as measured by the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form (C-TRF)
The C-TRF is a 99-item, three-point Likert-type scale to assess internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, attending behaviors, and aggressive in preschool-aged children. Teachers will complete the CBCL/1.5-5 pre- and post-intervention. Scores range from 0 to 198 points. Higher scores reflect greater emotional problems.
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Change in emotion regulation state as self-reported using the Self Assessment Manikin (SAM)
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The SAM is a nonverbal, picture-based, 5-point Likert-type measure of a child's self-reported levels of pleasure (i.e., valence) and arousal (i.e., energy level). Children will complete the SAM at the beginning and end of every intervention session. Scores range from 1 to 5. Higher scores reflect greater happiness and more energy.
Time frame: Pre-session, 20-minute post-session
Change in emotion regulation state as observed using the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS)
The GAS is a way to measure individualized clinical progress on a predetermined goal, i.e. preschooler emotion regulation state. The interventionist will complete the GAS at the beginning and end of every intervention session. Scores range from negative 2 to positive 2. Higher scores reflect greater emotion regulation.
Time frame: Pre-session, 20-minute post-session
Percentage of study measures completed
Will be measured by adding the number of measures completed divided by total number of measured administered.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Percentage of child attendance
Will be measured by adding the number of study sessions completed divided by total number of study sessions.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Percentage of intervention components completed by interventionist
Measured by using a self-developed Quality Assurance (QA) checklist that tallies the number of intervention components completed. Scores will range from 0 to 100 percent, with a higher score indicating greater interventionist fidelity.
Time frame: 12 weeks