The Big Five personality traits and uses of music : A replication in Malaysian using structural equation modeling

Tomas, Chamorro Premuzic and Viren, Swami and Adrian, Adrian and Ismail Maakip (2009) The Big Five personality traits and uses of music : A replication in Malaysian using structural equation modeling. Journal of Individual Differences, 30 (1). pp. 20-27. ISSN 1614-0001

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Abstract

The current study set out to replicate and extend a recent paper (Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2007) on personality and uses of music using structural equation modeling. Responses to questionnaire data from 227 Malaysian university students showed that, in line with our hypotheses, individuals higher in Neuroticism were more likely to use music for emotional regulation (influencing their mood states), Extraversion positively predicted use of music as background or for distraction, and Openness to Experience predicted cognitive use of music. However, contrary to the target paper, Conscientiousness did not predict use of music for emotional regulation and Extraversion was positively rather than negatively linked with that use of music. Results are discussed in terms of the generalizability of previous findings on the Big Five as determinants of uses of music.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Uses of music, Music, Personality, Big Five, NEO-FFI
Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature on music > ML1-3930 Literature on music > ML3800-3923 Philosophical and societal aspects of music. Physics and acoustics of music. Physiological aspects of music
Department: SCHOOL > School of Psychology and Social Work
Depositing User: ADMIN ADMIN
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2011 11:22
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2017 13:56
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/3150

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