Anxiety, Autonomic Dysregulation, Depression
Conditions
Keywords
Polyvagal Theory, Trauma, Adversity, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Emotional Health, Music, Social Connection, Embodiment, Autonomic Reactivity, Body Sensations, Relaxation
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore possible benefits and mechanisms through which listening to music can improve health and wellness. The main goals of the study are: * To investigate whether pre-survey measures of autonomic reactivity relate to the overall functioning of participants. * To examine the immediate effects of listening to the music. * To identify individual characteristics that influence the immediate effects of listening to the music. Participants will: * complete the online pre-assessment measures assessing their adversity history, psychiatric symptomatology, autonomic reactivity, embodiment, and perceived social connection. * Listen to the brief music demo * Listen to the full 30-minute music session. * Complete the online post-assessment measures assessing psychiatric symptomatology, autonomic reactivity, embodiment, and perceived social connection.
Detailed description
It is the specific intent of this proposal to experimentally explore the possible benefits and mechanisms through which listening to the music can influence emotional health, embodiment, and autonomic functioning. This will be accomplished by our team by using well-validated self-report measures of mental health and autonomic reactivity. Specific Aims: Specific Aim 1: To investigate whether pre-intervention measures of ANS reactivity relate to the overall functioning of the participants. •We will examine measures of autonomic reactivity to prior mental health and medical adversity, embodiment, and emotional and physical health. Specific Aim 2: To identify the immediate effects of listening to the music •We will explore whether listening to the music leads to improvements in the functioning. First, we will compare the participants who opted to leave after the brief music demonstration to the participants who stayed for the additional 30-minutes of music. Next, we will focus on improvements following listening to the music. Specific Aim 3: To identify individual characteristics that influence the effectiveness of listening to the music immediately •We will explore the impact of specific vulnerability and resiliency factors (e.g., prior mental and medical adversity) on how well mental health providers benefit from listening to the music immediately. Experimental design * Participation is limited to those attending the Global Exchange Conference * The participants will complete pre- and post-assessments that involve online measures. * Music will be provided first in a brief music demo and then again in a 30-minute session. * Between-subject analyses will compare those who listened only to the brief demo and withdrew participation against those who remained and listened to the 30-minutes of music to determine if those who listened to the 30-minutes of music exhibit greater improvements than those who did not. Within-subject analyses will determine the potential benefits of listening to the music for all participants.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALListening to Calming Music
Participants will listen to calming music, which may enhance health and wellness by reducing autonomic reactivity and improving bodily awareness, brain-body connection, and emotional wellbeing.
Sponsors
University of Florida
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
The participants will listen to the brief music demo together after completing the pre-assessment. After the demo is completed, participants will listen to the 30-minutes of music. For those who opt out of listening to the 30-minutes of music, they will be asked to complete the post-assessment as they exit. Following the 30-minute music session, the remaining participants will be asked to complete the post-assessment.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Between the ages of 18 and 89 * Proficient in English * Attendees of an online workshop session at the Global Exchange Conference
Exclusion criteria
* Over the age of 89
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring Change in Autonomic Reactivity using the Body Perceptions Inventory Short Form | From baseline through study completion, an average of 1 day | This 20-item measure is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (never = 1, occasionally = 2, sometimes = 3, usually = 4, always = 5). Items are summed to determine total autonomic reactivity score, with the higher scores indicating greater autonomic reactivity |
| Measuring change in Body Sensations using the Neuroception of Psychological Safety Scale | From baseline through study completion, an average of 1 day | This 8-item body sensations subscale is scored on a 5-point likert scale. Items are summed together to create a total subscale, with higher scores relecting internal sensations of the body in a state of calm capturing the feelings of relaxation in the face and the body, steady heartbeat and breath, and settled stomach. |
| Assessing the Impact of Adversity History on the Effectiveness of Listening to Music | Baseline | This measure assesses the impact of six types of traumatic experiences (childhood adverse experiences, childhood maltreatment, intimate partner maltreatment, other person maltreatment, life-threatening situations, sudden losses, and person health situations). Each item is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (did not occur = 0, occurred and no impact on my life = 1 to big impact on my life = 4). Items are summed to determine total impact scores. |
Outcome results
None listed