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

NCT07358871 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 27934
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 35
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Music Exposure

Keywords

Sport Based Youth Development; Children; Asynchronous Music

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Step Count

  Step counts during Hoosier Sport lessons will be measured using Yamax SW-200 Digi Walker pedometers.

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Affective Valence

  8 weeks

• Activation

  8 weeks

• Rate of Perceived Exertion

  8 weeks

• Commitment to Physical Activity

  8 weeks

• Enjoyment of Physical Activity

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

No Music

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curriculums, leadership development, and health lessons. Participants will complete this with no exposure to music.

Behavioral: No Music Exposure

Music

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program during their school's physical education class, which consists of sport curriculums, leadership development, and health lessons. This group will complete this program with asynchronous music during drills and games.

Behavioral: Music in Sport Based Youth Development

Interventions

Music in Sport Based Youth Development BEHAVIORAL

The intervention being tested is the use of music during Hoosier Sport lessons. Asynchronous music that is 120+ beats per minute, generally upbeat, and school appropriate will be played during the experimental group's drills and games. The experimental group will be exposed to this music for each lesson throughout the 8-week intervention.

Music

No Music Exposure BEHAVIORAL

This group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program with no exposure to music.

No Music

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Indiana University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Clear Creek Christian School

Bloomington, Indiana, 47403, United States

Location

Related Publications (6)

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  PMID: 26730556 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 34769552 BACKGROUND

• Bastos V, Rodrigues F, Davis P, Teixeira DS. Assessing affective valence and activation in resistance training with the feeling scale and the felt arousal scale: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 16;18(11):e0294529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294529. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37972201 BACKGROUND

• Terry PC, Karageorghis CI, Curran ML, Martin OV, Parsons-Smith RL. Effects of music in exercise and sport: A meta-analytic review. Psychol Bull. 2020 Feb;146(2):91-117. doi: 10.1037/bul0000216. Epub 2019 Dec 5.

  PMID: 31804098 BACKGROUND

• Barney, D., & Prusak, K. A. (2015). Effects of music on physical activity rates of elementary physical education students. The Physical Educator, 72, 236-244.

  BACKGROUND

• Bassett, J., West, S., & Shores, K. (2011). The Effects of Asynchronous Music on the Physical Activities of Youth in Supervised Recreation Activities. Journal of Park & Recreation Administration, 29(1).

  BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 14, 2026
• First Posted: January 22, 2026
• Study Start: February 1, 2026
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2026
• Study Completion: April 1, 2026
• Last Updated: January 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)