@Article{info:doi/10.2196/53268,
author="Jones, Grant
and Castro-Ramirez, Franchesca
and Al-Suwaidi, Maha
and McGuire, Taylor
and Herrmann, Felipe",
title="A Brief, Digital Music-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Black Americans With Elevated Race-Based Anxiety and Little-to-No Meditation Experience (``healing attempt``): Replication and Extension Study",
journal="JMIR Form Res",
year="2023",
month="Nov",
day="24",
volume="7",
pages="e53268",
keywords="Black music; mindfulness; meditation; music; song; psychotherapy; self-compassion; ethnic; cultural; single-case experiment; race; anxiety; digital health intervention; Black; digital health; low income; racial disparity; mental health",
abstract="Background: Race-based anxiety is a critical health issue within the Black community. Mindfulness interventions hold promise for treating race-based anxiety in Black Americans; however, there are many barriers that prevent Black Americans from using these treatments, such as low cultural relevance, significant time burdens, and excessive costs. Objective: This study is a replication and extension of findings that ``healing attempt''---a brief (<60-minute), digital, music-based mindfulness intervention---is a feasible and acceptable intervention for race-based anxiety in Black Americans. In this study, we tested this research question among those with little-to-no meditation experience. Methods: The participants were 4 Black American adults with elevated race-based trait anxiety and little-to-no meditation experience. We used a series of multiple-baseline single-case experiments and conducted study visits on Zoom (Zoom Video Communications) to assess whether the intervention can decrease state anxiety and increase mindfulness and self-compassion in Black Americans. We also assessed feasibility and acceptability using quantitative and qualitative scales. Results: In line with our hypotheses, ``healing attempt'' increased mindfulness/self-compassion (Tau-U range: 0.57-0.86; P<.001) and decreased state anxiety (Tau-U range: --0.93 to --0.66; P<.001), with high feasibility and acceptability (the average likelihood of recommending ``healing attempt'' was 88 out of 100). Conclusions: ``healing attempt'' may represent a feasible intervention for race-based anxiety in Black Americans with elevated race-based anxiety and little or no mindfulness experience. Future between-subjects randomized feasibility trials can assess whether the intervention can give rise to lasting improvements in race-based anxiety, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Trial Registration: OSF Registries osf.io/k5m93; https://osf.io/k5m93 ",
issn="2561-326X",
doi="10.2196/53268",
url="https://formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e53268",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/53268",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37999941"
}