Wellness Science Snippets
The Iso Principle, a music therapy technique, proposes matching music to a client’s current mood and gradually shifting it to achieve a desired emotional state. This study investigates the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) scores to assess the effectiveness of the Iso Principle in modulating emotions in healthy adults. Participants (n=84) underwent a sadness induction via a movie clip before being assigned to four experimental groups.
Each group listened to music designed to match (Iso) or mismatch (Compensation) their induced sadness, followed by music designed to induce happiness (Iso) or relaxation (Compensation).
Results suggest the Iso Principle may be effective in modulating emotions, particularly for female participants, who displayed significant decreases in sadness scores after music interventions aligned with the Iso Principle. Further research is needed to explore the generalizability of these findings to clinical populations and to optimize the Iso Principle for broader application in music therapy.
Read more – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8656869/