一个数字音乐为基础的正念干预黑人美国人与基于种族的焦虑升高:一个多个基线的试点研究
Grant Jones1, Felipe Herrmann1, Matthew K Nock1
1Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
JMIR formative research
|August 16, 2023
概括
一个新的基于数字音乐的正念干预措施显著减少了黑人美国人的基于种族的焦虑. 这种可访问的方法解决了成本和文化相关性等障碍,显示出高可行性和用户接受度.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 基于种族的焦虑对黑人社区构成了重大健康挑战.
- 现有的正念干预措施面临成本,时间投入和黑人美国人的文化相关性等障碍.
- 需要新的,可访问的正念干预措施来解决这些障碍.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于数字音乐的新正念干预措施的初步有效性,可行性和可接受性.
- 这项干预旨在针对中低收入的黑人美国人,他们经历了基于种族的焦虑.
- 这项研究旨在克服传统正念治疗的常见障碍.
主要方法:
- 在5名参与者中采用了非并发的多重基线设计.
- 干预包括了冥想和沟通领域的杰出人物的贡献.
- 测量了国家焦虑水平,以及对可行性和可接受性的定量和定性评估.
主要成果:
- 基于数字音乐的正念干预导致状态焦虑的统计显著减少.
- 对减轻焦虑的效果大小很大 (Tau-U范围为-0.75至-0.38;P值<.001).
- 可行性和可接受性很高,参与者表示有98%的可能性推这种干预措施.
结论:
- 初步证据表明,基于数字音乐的正念干预可以有效地降低黑人美国人的基于种族的焦虑.
- 该干预表明作为一个可访问和文化相关的心理健康工具的潜力.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以确认长期影响,探索变化机制,并测试现实世界的疗效.
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