Correlation Between Music Preference and Personality Types

Mehr Phalswal; Ms. Sreeja Das

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Correlation Between Music Preference and Personality Types

Mehr Phalswal

B.A (hons) Applied Psychology, Amity University of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ms. Sreeja Das

Professor, Applied Psychology, Amity University of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.180.20221004

DOI: 10.25215/1004.180

ABSTRACT

The study attempts to examine the relationship between music preferences and personality types. Sample was drawn conveniently from Amity University Rajasthan (N = 100 respondents were between the ages of 18 to 25 years). Music preferences were assessed through the administration of The Short Test of Music Preferences by Rentfrow & Gosling, (2003) and Big Five Inventory by John & Srivastava, (1999) was used for assessing the personality types. To find out the relation between these two variables Pearson product moment correlation was calculated through SPSS 18.0.

Keywords

Personality type, BFI, Music Preference.

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How to cite this article: Phalswal, M. & Das, S. (2022). Correlation Between Music Preference and Personality Types. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(4), 1894-1903. DIP:18.01.180.20221004, DOI:10.25215/1004.180