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Evaluating the Impact of Social Music

Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Mindfulness and Musical Programs on Psychiatric Measures, Social Music Study 2b.

Who can join

Ages 16 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* ages 16 and older

Exclusion Criteria:

* contraindications to functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy or Electroencephalography
* ages 15 and younger

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• Music (behavioral)

Sponsor: Yale University · Participants: 48 · Started: Aug 1, 2024

Contact the study team

• AZA Allsop, MD, PhD · Phone: 240-422-3289

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06513910

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Post-COVID Conditions (Long COVID)

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.