Testing the Effects of Music on Short and Long Term Psychological Outcomes and Step Counts in Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Music Exposure

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether asynchronous music can improve outcomes of an 8-week long sport based youth development program. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does music increase step count during each lesson? * Does music create a larger improvement in affective valence, arousal, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) during each lesson? * Does music create a long term improvement in enjoyment, commitment, and intrinsic motivation to exercise? * Does music show more improvement among sedentary participants versus active participants? Researchers will compare the results from the experimental group, which is exposed to music, to the control group, which is not exposed to music. Participants will: * Participate in the sport based youth development program, Hoosier Sport, during their school's physical education class once a week for 8 weeks. * Respond to 3 questions regarding affective valence, arousal, and RPE before and after each lesson. * Complete a detailed survey regarding basic demographics, their music preferences, enjoyment of exercise, motivation to exercise, commitment to exercise, and current activity levels before the intervention. * Complete the same sections regarding enjoyment of exercise, motivation to exercise, and commitment to exercise at a mid and end point of the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07358871

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

26

Starts

2026-02-17

Expected to finish

2026-05-08

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-08

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Currently enrolled in 5th or 6th grade at Clear Creek Elementary
• have parental consent to participate
• agree to study participation (verbal assent)
• planning to attend all school days during the 8-week program period
• enrolled in PE for the semester

You may not qualify if…

• not already participating in Hoosier Sport/PE at Clear Creek Christian School

Where it is running

• Clear Creek Christian School — Bloomington, Indiana, United States

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