%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-326X
%I JMIR Publications
%V 7
%N 
%P e53268
%T 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
%A Jones,Grant
%A Castro-Ramirez,Franchesca
%A Al-Suwaidi,Maha
%A McGuire,Taylor
%A Herrmann,Felipe
%+ Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States, gmj005@g.harvard.edu
%K Black music
%K mindfulness
%K meditation
%K music
%K song
%K psychotherapy
%K self-compassion
%K ethnic
%K cultural
%K single-case experiment
%K race
%K anxiety
%K digital health intervention
%K Black
%K digital health
%K low income
%K racial disparity
%K mental health
%D 2023
%7 24.11.2023
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Form Res
%G English
%X 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 
%M 37999941
%R 10.2196/53268
%U https://formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e53268
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/53268
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37999941