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The Effect of Iso-Principal Based Music Playlists on Anxiety

NCT05442099 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2022-07-28

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Summary

Chronic anxiety is a growing psychological challenge worldwide and at pre-clinical levels, can be disabling. Some research suggests music may reduce anxiety symptoms as effectively as anti-anxiety drugs without the adverse side effects. The iso principle suggests that the effectiveness of music interventions for mood management can be maximized by commencing a session with music that matches an individual's current emotional state and then gradually moving toward their desired emotional state. Our previous work demonstrated that a playlist generated by a music recommendation system that uses the iso-principal, along with music informatics, auditory beat stimulation, and reinforcement learning can reduce somatic and cognitive anxiety. However, it is unknown whether music playlists based on the iso-principal alone can reduce anxiety. In this study, the investigators wish to examine whether music playlists (\~30 min long) based on the iso-principal (neutral to calm) will reduce anxiety after anxiety induction compared to a calm music playlist. The investigators hypothesize that the iso-principal playlist will have greater state anxiety reduction compared to the calm playlist.

Conditions

  • Anxiety State

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Iso-principle music playlist

Participants listen to the iso-principle music playlist for 30 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Generic calm music playlist

Participants listen to the calm music playlist for 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Toronto Metropolitan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frank Russo, PhD · Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Adiel Mallik, PhD · Toronto Metropolitan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
38 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-15
Primary Completion
2022-08-15
Completion
2022-08-15

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