Testing the Effects of Music on Short-Term Changes in Affective Valence, Arousal, and RPE, Long Term Changes in Enjoyment, Motivation, and Commitment to Physical Activity, and Step Counts in Children
Indiana University
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.
Description
30+ students (5th-6th grade) from Clear Creek Christian School (CCCS) will be recruited to participate in the present study for the Spring of 2026. This group will participate in Hoosier Sport lessons that take place during their scheduled PE time at CCCS once a week for 8 weeks. Hoosier Sport intervention components include sport participation and leadership development activities. Hoosier Sport is a part of Clear Creek Christian School's regular PE classes and is separate from this study procedure. Classes will be divided into classes with music (experimental group) and classes without musi…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 10–12 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * not already participating in Hoosier Sport/PE at Clear Creek Christian School
Interventions
- BehavioralMusic in Sport Based Youth Development
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.
- BehavioralNo Music Exposure
This group will participate in the Hoosier Sport program with no exposure to music.
Location
- Clear Creek Christian SchoolBloomington, Indiana