Effect of Music and Mindfulness Meditation

University of Miami9 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of music and mindfulness meditation on anxiety and mindful interoception in undergraduate music students.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Anxiety

Interventions

Music in combination with mindfulnessBEHAVIORAL

Participants will attend two in-person sessions per week over two consecutive weeks. Each session will be up to one hour in duration. During each session, participants will engage in a 20-minute guided meditation while listening to instrumental music.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be undergraduate college students majoring in a music degree. * Participants must self-report feeling general anxiety at a level of 7/10 recently. * Participants must be proficient English-readers and -speakers and be full-time enrolled students. * Students of any gender and race/ethnic group may be included. * Participants must be novice meditators, having fewer than 10 total meditation experiences. * Students of any year will be accepted if they are considered undergraduate students by the university. Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reporting feeling general anxiety below a 7/10 recently. * Having more than 10 total meditation experiences.

Locations (1)

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in State-Anxiety Inventory-5 questionnaire

The State-Anxiety Inventory-5 each consists of 5 items. The scale items are scored on a 4-point Likert scale of 1 to 4 (1= Not at all, 2= Somewhat, 3= Moderately so, 4= Very much so). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

Time frame: Baseline, up to 1 hour post intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Change in Mindfulness Interoception measured by Likert scale

The scale items are scored on a 4-point Likert scale of 1 to 4 (1= Not at all, 2= Somewhat, 3= Moderately so, 4= Very much so). A higher score suggests higher mindful interoception skills.

Time frame: Baseline, 2 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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