Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
This study uses a multiple-baseline design and aims to replicate findings that a digital music-based mindfulness intervention can reduce elevated race-based state anxiety in Black Americans.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALhealing attempt
The intervention consists of pre-composed and pre-recorded guided meditations, songs, and poems that total 25 minutes in duration. The elements of the intervention were set to background music tracks that were informed by Black diasporic music traditions and anxiety reduction principles from the music therapy literature.
Sponsors
Harvard University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
We recruited 8 Black American adults to participate in this multiple baseline study. In a multiple-baseline design, one takes repeated measurements of one's outcomes of interest across time, and subsequently compares these outcomes of interest between an initial baseline control period with no intervention and a subsequent intervention period. This is a within-subjects study design for which participants serve as their own control.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Familiarity with meditation * Turns to music for emotional support * Elevated trait anxiety (\>=12 on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait \[STAIT\]-5) * Majority of anxiety comes from racism or discrimination (\>=60 on a scale of 0 \[not at all\] to 100 \[entirely\] for the following question; If you are a racial or ethnic minority, how much do you feel that racism and/or discrimination contribute to your elevated anxiety levels?).
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State anxiety | Duration of study visit (60-90 minutes) | Assessed with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - 6 \[Higher Score = More Anxiety\] |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed