Effects of a piano music listening intervention on depression, academic burnout, and mindfulness: evidence from a randomized controlled trial among Chinese university students.

Front Psychol · 2026 · PMC13391252 · PMID 42495234

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For depression (PHQ-9), a highly significant Group × Time interaction was found, F (1, 118) = 270.52, p < 0.001, η 2 p = 0.696, 95% CI [0.625, 1.000], indicating that the Piano group showed a substantially greater reduction in depressive symptoms than the White Noise group.

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