Why the study?
Low heart rate variability indicates autonomic inflexibility with implications for physical and psychological health, prompting investigation into autonomic functioning and its relationship to state anxiety during music intervention.
Does a music intervention improve heart rate variability and reduce state anxiety in undergraduate students?
Population
Undergraduate students
Comparison
Pre-selected relaxing music intervention vs baseline
Design
Within-subjects quasi-experimental design
Authors
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Short music listening may ease student anxiety independently of HRV; leaves open mediation pathways for prospective trials.
Does a music intervention improve heart rate variability and reduce state anxiety in undergraduate students?
Short-duration music listening may reduce state anxiety and alter physiological indices in undergraduates, though changes in HRV and anxiety do not appear statistically correlated.
Tolley et al. (2020) studied this question.
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