Journal article
Music Stimuli for Mindfulness Practice: A Replication Study
The Journal of music therapy, Vol.58(2), pp.155-176
06/14/2021
DOI: 10.1093/jmt/thaa018
Abstract
Abstract Mindfulness is a natural human capacity to be aware of the present moment, without judgment, rejection, or attachment to it. Cultivating a mindful state has been related to improvements in mood and stress management. Mindfulness practices may be enhanced with music. The purpose of this study was to replicate a previous study regarding the effectiveness, preference, and usefulness of different auditory stimuli for mindfulness practice. Undergraduate nonmusicians (N = 53) listened to 4 different auditory stimuli of increasing complexity, guiding them in a mindfulness experience. Participants rated their mindfulness experience, provided data on their absorption in music, and ranked auditory stimuli according to preference and usefulness for mindfulness practice. A within-subjects design was used to compare the four conditions, counterbalanced, and randomized across participants. Similar to the original study, Friedman analysis of variances (ANOVAs) and post hoc analyses indicated that participants ranked the Melody and Harmony conditions as most preferred and useful. Different from the original results, the repeated-measures ANOVA of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale scores did not reveal significant differences among auditory stimuli for mindfulness experience. These results provide support for the use of music in mindfulness experiences with a mildly complex stimulus (script, beat, harmony, and melody). However, partially replicated results indicate the need to investigate the discrepancy between participants’ effectiveness ratings and preference/usefulness rankings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Music Stimuli for Mindfulness Practice: A Replication Study
- Creators
- Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz - Arizona State UniversityAbbey L Dvorak - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of music therapy, Vol.58(2), pp.155-176
- DOI
- 10.1093/jmt/thaa018
- ISSN
- 0022-2917
- eISSN
- 2053-7395
- Grant note
- name: Herberger Institute of Design; DOI: 10.13039/100007482, name: Arizona State University
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/14/2021
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984180919302771
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