Music preferences and personality traits among college students

Dr. Prashant; Dr. Amra Ahsan; Ms. Akshita Bochare

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| Published: June 25, 2020

Music preferences and personality traits among college students

Dr. Prashant

Associate Professor, Amity University Rajasthan, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Amra Ahsan

Assistant Professor, AIBAS, Amity University Rajasthan, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ms. Akshita Bochare

B.A. (H) Applied Psychology, Amity University Rajasthan, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.090/20200802

DOI: 10.25215/0802.090

ABSTRACT

The study aims to investigate relationship between music preferences and personality among college going students. The sample of study comprises of 100 students in all, 50 males and 50 females. The tools used were Short Test of Music preferences- Revised (2003) with 23 items and Big Five Inventory (1984) with 44 items. The study was conducted on college going students. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to see the relationship between music preferences and personality. it was concluded that, there is a significant positive relation between music preference and personality traits of males and females.

Keywords

Music preferences, Personality, Adolescents

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How to cite this article: Prashant, A. Ahsan & A Bochare (2020). Music preferences and personality traits among college students. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 8(2), 750-758. DIP:18.01.090/20200802, DOI:10.25215/0802.090