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. 2016 Jun 7;7:859. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00859

Table 1.

The Eight Session Version of Tuned In Used with the At-Risk Adolescent Sample.

Session Content Activities Homework
(1) Welcome to Tuned In Building group alliance, establishing group guidelines, brief program overview, Introduction to Russell’s Circumplex model of emotion. Completion of pre-program surveys
Place the emotion on the model.
Find a low energy, pleasant song to share for next week.
(2) Music to calm you down. Positive valence, low arousal music. Review of Russell’s Circumplex model of emotion. Discussion of music characteristics (tempo, voice, instruments) and when to use calming music. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Find a high energy, pleasant song to share next week.
(3) Music to power you up. Positive valence, high arousal music. Discussion of musical characteristics and when energizing music may be helpful. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Find a medium-to-high energy, pleasant song to share next week.
(4) Music to make you happier. Positive valence, medium to high arousal. Discussion on extending/intensifying happy emotions through music. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Find a low energy, unpleasant song to share next week.
(5) Music to be sad to. Negative valence, Low arousal. Listening to music to explore feelings of sadness. Discussion on knowing when enough is enough and strategies to use when feeling sad. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Find a high energy, unpleasant song to share next week.
(6) Music to shout to! Negative valence, high arousal. Discussion on current strategies for coping with anger, shame, jealously and positives/negatives of these. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Find a low to high energy, pleasant song to share next week.
(7) Music that inspires you. Positive Valence, low to high arousal, discussion on what is inspiring and future directions. Imagery task
Body scan
Lyric analysis
Continue to compile your emotion playlists!
(8) Keep on Groovin’. Concluding comments and group discussion. Review of Russell’s Circumplex model of emotion and strategies to change mood states through music listening. Post program surveys Review booklets as needed.