Evaluating the Impact of Social Music

Part of paid clinical trials in New Haven, Connecticut.

Sponsor
Yale University
Study ID
NCT06513910
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Music — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in dyads will be positioned across from each other while listening to various types of music (i.e. music that is harmonically-intact and music in which the harmonic content has been randomly scrambled).

Study Details

Mental health vulnerability due to stress is increased in People of African Descent (PADs) in America due to disproportionate effects of racism, poverty, education, and criminal justice sentencing. Various meditation and mindfulness approaches have provided evidence of measured reductions in multiple negative dimensions of stress. However, the majority of these studies do not have an adequate representation of PADs or other marginalized groups and are not designed to be culturally relevant or community based. Music has been shown to alleviate multiple symptoms of stress and has been shown to be a preferred and effective support for meditation and mindfulness. However, its role in stress management in PADs engaged in meditation or mindfulness is seldom studied. This study aims to evaluate the effects of a virtual, community-based music mindfulness program on stress management in PAD community members with anxiety and depression during COVID19. 2b. Social Music Study: Investigators will assess the neural mechanisms of feelings of subjective connectedness during communal music listening and creating between dyads of subjects who are both familiar and unfamiliar with each other.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 1, 2024
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2026
Completion
Mar 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Component 2b. Social Music Study
    Investigators will assess the neural mechanisms of feelings of subjective connectedness during communal music listening and creating between dyads of subjects who are both familiar and unfamiliar with each other

Primary Outcome Measure

EEG gamma and theta activity during music vs no music conditions [ Time Frame: baseline measurements on day of study, during music vs no music conditions, and 30 minutes after music listening ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
BLOOMNew HavenConnecticut06515-
Musical Intervention StudiosNew HavenConnecticut06520-

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