Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( 🔒 ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Need Help

Developing a Music Listening mHealth Intervention for Stress Reduction in Early Recovery

Award Number: R33AA031474
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2029

Group Awards By:

View Award Description

Developing a Music Listening mHealth Intervention for Stress Reduction in Early Recovery - Project Summary Alcohol use in the Unites States is a public health crisis that costs the U.S. health care system $249 billion annually. However, only about 10% of individuals with alcohol use disorder receive treatment and a significant proportion will relapse within one year of treatment. These trends are especially troubling among young adults who exhibit the highest prevalence of alcohol use disorder among U.S. cohorts but are least likely to seek treatment. Disruption of the body’s stress response system has been identified as a key factor that contributes to risk of relapse and innovative and widely accessible interventions that help individuals cope with acute stress during early recovery are urgently needed. Music listening has been shown to elicit activity in areas of the brain associated with reward and emotions and has thus been proposed to be an effective tool for emotion regulation and stress management. However, no relapse interventions have capitalized on the potential of music listening to rehabilitate these systems. There is a lack of evidence that music-listening can influence emotion regulation, and ultimately reduce acute stress, in real-world settings and uncontrolled environments. We aim to develop the first just-in-time adaptive music-listening intervention to regulate emotions and reduce stress among individuals within the first 90 days of detoxification from alcohol use. We design the study with two phases to address three aims: For Aim 1, we will conduct formative research with a sample of young adults who have received treatment for alcohol use disorders and are within 90 days of sobriety to identify features of music selections that are most effective in reducing stress in real-world, ambulatory settings; For Aim 2, we will focus on developing mobile health technology that uses passive sensing and machine learning to automatically predict moments of heightened stress in real-time and suggest specific musical selections when stress is detected. During Aim 3, we will test the feasibility of a novel music-listening intervention among a second sample of young adults who have received treatment for AUD and are within 90 days of sobriety. The goal of our proposed study is to provide a cost-effective and accessible music-listening intervention to support the increasing population of individuals struggling with relapse risk during early stages of recovery from alcohol use disorder. This research will provide a critical foundation upon which large-scale efficacy trials of adaptive just-in-time music interventions can be conducted.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $498,203 )
2026	2026	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	8/5/2026	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$498,203
														Subtotal = $498,203

Grand Total All Awards = $498,203

Top

All Categories

About

Search

Reports

Data Submission

Award Information

Developing a Music Listening mHealth Intervention for Stress Reduction in Early Recovery

Award Number: R33AA031474

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2029

Federal Websites

Department of Health & Human Services

HHS Operating Divisions

HHS Staff Divisions

Download A Document Viewer