Personalized music using the ISO principle to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The trial randomly assigns adults with work-, family-, or other-related stress, anxiety, or depression to receive a personalized ISO-principle music intervention or to a control condition. Intervention participants receive tailored playlists whose emotional characteristics are gradually modified to help users move toward a calmer or more desired mood, while control participants do not receive a music intervention during the same period. Outcomes are measured with self-report questionnaires of stress, emotional state, and overall well‑being at baseline and follow-up. The approach aims to develop a low-cost, non-invasive behavioral tool for emotion regulation.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

\- Minimum of a secondary specialized school degree (vocational college) or higher

Exclusion Criteria:

* Self-reported current or recent use of medication or history of surgical treatment
* Self-reported history of psychiatric disorders
* Self-reported hearing impairments
* Female participants who are self-reported currently pregnant or breastfeeding

Where it's running

• Tsinghua University
  Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China Recruiting
• The Department of Psychology of Tsinghua University
  Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China Completed

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Dan Zhang
• Email: dzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn
• Phone: 8613810433221

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.