REFLECTION OF THE MIND: PERSONALITY AND MUSIC GENRE

"Music is very important to us and is often closely linked to our identity" -

We are seeking music that reflects who we are, so that includes personality, that includes the way we think, and it may even be the way our mind is constructed. Little have we know that there is a significant relationship between music genre that we usually prefer to our personality. Even though we claim that we listen to all genres there is a specific genre that we really prefer. Numerous studies have been conducted to show that individual personality can have an effect on music preference, mostly using personality, though a recent meta-analysis has shown that personality in itself explains little variance in music preferences. (Schäfer, Thomas; Mehlhorn, Claudia).

Here some specific Personality types (Big Five Personality Traits) of every individual based on their music genre preference.

📍 Openness to experience

Of all the traits, openness to experience has been shown to have the greatest effect upon genre preference. In general, those rated high in openness to experience prefer more music categorized as complex and novel like classical, jazz, and eclecticism, and intense and rebellious music the study, reflective and complex genres included classical, blues, jazz, and folk music, while intense and rebellious genres included rock, punk, and heavy metal music.

📍 Conscientiousness

Conscientiousness is negatively correlated with intense and rebellious music, such as rock and heavy metal music.

📍 Extraversion

Extraversion is another good predictor of music genre preference and music use. Energetic extraverts have been linked to preferences in happy, upbeat and conventional music, as well as energetic and rhythmic music, such as rap, hip hop, soul, electronic, and dance music. Additionally, extraverts tend to listen to music more and have background music present in their lives more often.

📍 Agreeableness

Agreeable individuals preferred upbeat and conventional music. Additionally, listeners with high agreeableness displayed an intense emotional response to music which they had never before listened to. Agreeableness is also a good predictor of the emotional intensity experienced from all types of music, both positive and negative. Those scoring high in agreeableness tend to have more intense emotional reactions to all types of music.

📍 Neuroticism

The more neurotic a person is, the less likely they are to listen to intense and rebellious music (such as alternative, rock and heavy metal); they will likely prefer upbeat and conventional music, such as country, sound tracks, and pop music. Additionally, neuroticism is positively correlated with emotional use of music.Those who scored high in neuroticism were more likely to report use of music for emotional regulation and experience higher intensity of emotional affect, especially negative emotion.

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