Mindfulness has become increasingly common in therapeutic and non-therapeutic venues as a way to address stress, change, and uncertainty, such as in the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of music in mindfulness is apparent in several traditional and Western practices but has little research regarding its effect in novice practitioners. In an online course-based research experience, a group of student researchers, a graduate research assistant and two faculty members recruited 54 healthy participants within their social networks, to investigate the effect of a music stimulus on one mindfulness exercise and the feasibility of implementing this intervention in virtual sessions. Participants attended two virtual group sessions where student researchers and a faculty member/research assistant provided online questionnaires and links to a 20-minute meditation recording, either with or without music, as the two conditions. Potential moderators of the intervention included stress in the previous month and absorption in music. A repeated-measures ANCOVA indicated no significant differences among conditions, and no interaction with stress or absorption in music. Although contrary to our expectations, the lack of significant differences between conditions indicate that music did not distract from a mindfulness meditation, and that the music and guided mindfulness stimulus was as efficacious as the guided mindfulness alone. Given the potential for music to become a distractor for novice practitioners, this finding is important and in line with our theoretical framework. Online delivery of this intervention was feasible and apparently effective. Suggestions for implementation of online research and intervention delivery are included.

正念在治疗和非治疗场所变得越来越普遍，作为应对压力、变化和不确定性的一种方式，例如在 COVID-19 大流行中。音乐在正念中的使用在一些传统和西方实践中很明显，但关于它对新手从业者的影响的研究很少。在基于在线课程的研究体验中，一组学生研究人员、一名研究生研究助理和两名教职员工在他们的社交网络中招募了 54 名健康参与者，以调查音乐刺激对一次正念练习的影响以及实施该练习的可行性虚拟会议的干预。参与者参加了两个虚拟小组会议，学生研究人员和教职员工/研究助理提供了在线问卷和指向 20 分钟冥想录音的链接，无论有没有音乐，这两个条件。干预的潜在调节因素包括前一个月的压力和对音乐的吸收。重复测量的 ANCOVA 表明条件之间没有显着差异，并且与压力或音乐吸收没有相互作用。尽管与我们的预期相反，但条件之间没有显着差异表明音乐不会分散正念冥想的注意力，而且音乐和引导正念刺激与单独引导正念一样有效。鉴于音乐有可能成为新手从业者的干扰因素，这一发现很重要，并且符合我们的理论框架。这种干预的在线交付是可行的，而且显然是有效的。包括实施在线研究和干预措施的建议。