None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Grief is a complex emotional response to the loss of a loved one or a significant life event and grief can manifest as various psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Finding effective interventions to alleviate grief and its associating symptoms is crucial for supporting individuals who are experiencing this challenging emotional state. Sound therapy such as monaural beats (MB) shows promise in altering perception of grief. Thus, the current research aims to investigate the potential of MB overlaid with TENG music as a therapeutic tool for relieving grief-related symptoms. This study employs a randomized controlled trial design with two experimental conditions: the MB stimulation group and a control group. The MB stimulation group will receive auditory stimulation with a 40 Hz MB overlaid with TENG instrumental music, while the control group will receive a placebo auditory stimulus consisting of only the TENG instrumental music. Up to two hundred and fifty participants between the age of 21-59 will be recruited for this study and randomised into one of the two conditions. The participants will be assessed for their grief symptoms and emotions, anxiety, and cognitive processing of emotional stimuli. We predict that participants who listened to the soundtrack containing MB will report lower grief symptoms and emotions, lower state anxiety, and exhibit more effective processing of emotionally positive stimuli in terms of better accuracy and faster reaction time compared to participants who listened to the soundtrack without MB.
Interventions
Materials used:
-Auditory stimulation with a 40 Hz Monaural Beats (MB) overlaid with TENG instrumental music
Procedures:
-The participants will be randomly assigned to either the MB stimulation group or the control group and will be blinded to the content of the soundtrack and the true nature of the study. All participants will undergo a grief-induction procedure (Lee, Roberts, & Gibbons, 2013). The participants are requested to provide details about their latest experience of loss in one to
Materials used: -Auditory stimulation with a 40 Hz Monaural Beats (MB) overlaid with TENG instrumental music Procedures: -The participants will be randomly assigned to either the MB stimulation group or the control group and will be blinded to the content of the soundtrack and the true nature of the study. All participants will undergo a grief-induction procedure (Lee, Roberts, & Gibbons, 2013). The participants are requested to provide details about their latest experience of loss in one to two paragraphs. This includes information about their connection with the deceased person, the amount of time that had passed since the individual's passing, their emotional proximity to the person, and the circumstances of the person's demise. Additionally, participants are encouraged to share insights about the personality traits of the departed individual, their most cherished memory involving that person, and the emotions they have been experiencing following the loss. After writing their loss experience, the participants will receive the designated auditory stimulus for twenty minutes once in a single session. Outcome measures will be conducted to measure changes in affective and cognitive indicators of grief. Participants' feedback and experiences during the intervention will also be collected through open-ended questions after the intervention. In all, each session will last approximately 1.5 hours. Who will deliver? -4 students from Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) (Year 3, Occupational Therapy) Mode of delivery: -Face to face, one-on-one Number of times/duration/intensity intervention is delivered: -Once, 20minutes Location: -One of the classroom in SIT Dover campus Characteristics of intervention: -Generalized (all individuals in the same group will receive the same intervention) -No need to assess for adherence
Sponsors
Singapore Institute of Technology
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Adults aged 18 to 59 years old
Exclusion criteria
1. Any self-reported hearing problems and other conditions that affect hearing and cognition. 2. Self-reported diagnosed mental disorders and personality disorders.
Outcome results
None listed