An interventional study of Music Therapy in Adolescents' Online Moral Development, Adolescent Online Moral Disengagement and Adolescent Online Behavior, sponsored by Shangqiu Normal University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 15 Years to 25 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-15.
Sponsored by Shangqiu Normal University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
This study aims to explore whether 8-week music therapy can improve adolescents' online moral development. A total of 9000 adolescents (8000 college students and 1000 high school students) will be surveyed by paper questionnaires to investigate the current status of their online morality. Then eligible college student participants will be recruited and randomly divided into two groups. The intervention group receives 8 weeks of music therapy, while the control group does not receive this music therapy intervention. Questionnaires will be used to assess changes in online moral development before and after the intervention. All data are only used for academic research.
This is a randomized controlled trial conducted in China. First, a large sample questionnaire survey will be carried out among 9000 adolescents including college and high school students to understand the characteristics and current situation of adolescents' online moral development. On the basis of the survey, qualified college student participants will be screened and randomly assigned to the music therapy intervention group or the control group. The intervention group will receive 8-week group music therapy. The control group will maintain normal daily study without receiving the music therapy intervention. Outcome measures will be collected before and after the 8-week intervention to examine the facilitating effect of music therapy on adolescents' online moral development. All participants will complete paper-and-pencil questionnaires. Informed consent will be obtained before data collection. Personal privacy will be strictly protected, and all collected data will be used only for academic analysis.
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This study's enrollment of 9,024 is above the median of 79 across 498 interventional studies indexed under Emotional Regulation.
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Participants receive an 8-week group music therapy intervention targeting the improvement of adolescents' online moral development.
Behavioral: Music Therapy
Participants keep their regular daily study activities and do not receive the music therapy intervention.
An 8-week group music therapy intervention for adolescents. Group sessions are delivered weekly to improve participants' online moral development, emotional regulation and reduce moral disengagement.
Total Score of Adolescent Online Moral Development Scale
17-item 6-point Likert scale developed by Ma \& Lei (2010). It assesses three dimensions: online moral cognition, online moral emotion and online moral behavioral intention. Total score ranges from 17 to 102; higher scores indicate higher level of adolescents' online morality.
Time frame: 8 weeks after baseline assessment
Total Score of Adolescent Moral Disengagement Scale
26-item 5-point Likert scale developed by Wang \& Yang (2010), assessing eight mechanisms of moral disengagement. Score range:26-130; higher scores represent stronger moral disengagement.
Time frame: 8 weeks after baseline assessment
Total Score of Adolescent Online Deviant Behavior Scale
35-item 5-point Likert scale developed by Lei (2010), measuring online aggression, pornographic and deceptive behaviors. Score range:35-175; higher scores mean more online deviant behaviors.
Time frame: 8 weeks after baseline assessment
Plan to share: No — Individual participant data will not be shared with other researchers due to privacy protection requirements for adolescent participants. Only aggregated study results will be published in academic journals.
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Ran from Sep 2025 to primary completion in May 2026, 8 months.
Of 390 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Emotional Regulation, half reached primary completion within 18 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 36. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 396 studies reached it within 18 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 36.
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