Content area
Full text
The present study explored the relationship between music reference dimensions and personality trait. This study comprised of three stages. In Stage-I, adaptation of Short Test of Music Preference Scale (STOMP; Rentfrow & Gosling, 2003) was done. In Stage-II the psychometric properties of adapted STOMP Scale and NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrea, 1992) were determined on a sample of 60 students (20-25 years). Stage-III involved measuring the relationship between music preference dimensions and personality traits on sample of 250 students age range of 20-25 years. Results revealed that extraversion, openness to experience, and agreeableness showed positive association with intense and rebellious music, upbeat and conventional music, and reflective and complex music. Whereas extraversion and openness to experience was negatively associated with energetic and rhythmic music. Additionally, neuroticism was negatively related with reflective and complex music, and agreeableness has negative relation with intense and rebellious music. Conscientiousness has negative relationship with reflective and complex, intense and rebellious, and upbeat and conventional; while exhibited positive relationship with energetic and rhythmic music. Future implications of the study were also discussed.
Keywords. Music preference, dimensions, personality, traits, university students
Now a day people use music in everyday situations much more than before. A century before the purposeful hearing of music was restricted to different social gatherings, at home and also at concert halls; but today the background of our lives is set by music (Ockelford, 2006). Current research focused on the reasons behind the massive appeal of music and its emerging explanation that various psychological aims satisfy after music listening (Laukka, 2006). Other than social setting, many other numbers of needs are also satisfying through music (e.g., mood regulation). Music preferences can be the most common indicator of everyday life activities (Rentfrow, 2012). According to Hargreaves and North (1999) people communicate two types of information with their music inclinations; first, depiction of their personal qualities; second, it also gave information regarding the membership of people with a specific group. According to Morin (2020) the reason behind the defensive attitude of people regarding their music preferences might be associated with their personality factors and attitudes.
Literature available on music can be categorize into three major themes. Firstly, towards the type of music (a) Heavy Music (including hard, rap, soft, and rock...