Effect of Music and Mindfulness Meditation

Effect of Music and Mindfulness Meditation

The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of music and mindfulness meditation on anxiety and mindful interoception in undergraduate music students.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be undergraduate college students majoring in a music degree.
• Participants must self-report feeling general anxiety at a level of 7/10 recently.
• Participants must be proficient English-readers and -speakers and be full-time enrolled students.
• Students of any gender and race/ethnic group may be included.
• Participants must be novice meditators, having fewer than 10 total meditation experiences.
• Students of any year will be accepted if they are considered undergraduate students by the university.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Self-reporting feeling general anxiety below a 7/10 recently.
• Having more than 10 total meditation experiences.