Personality traits moderate the perception of music-mediated emotions
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Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä , Finland
Background: Although listeners perceive emotions represented by music in a relatively consistent manner, there are also notable differences between individuals’ emotional evaluations. Personality traits have been shown to influence the processing of emotions (Rusting, 1998), but this is yet to be studied in detail in the context of music-mediated emotions.
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate how personality traits moderate the perception of music-mediated emotions.
Methods: 116 participants listened to 110 short (15 s), unfamiliar film music excerpts and rated the emotions represented by the excerpts using basic emotion scales and the three-dimensional model of affect. Personality was assessed using The Big Five Inventory (John & Srivastava 1999).
Results: The results revealed that certain personality traits and emotional evaluations are significantly correlated. Neurotic participants had the tendency of rating the excerpts as more sad and tense, whereas the extraverted participants rated the excerpts as more positive. There was also a significant difference in the range of the rating scales used by the neurotic and extraverted participants.
Conclusions: The personality traits of participants should be taken into consideration in future studies on music and emotions, as they influence the participants’ emotional evaluations.
Conference:
Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Posters
Citation:
Vuoskoski
JK and
Eerola
T
(2009). Personality traits moderate the perception of music-mediated emotions.
Conference Abstract:
Tuning the Brain for Music.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.018
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Received:
23 Jan 2009;
Published Online:
23 Jan 2009.
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Correspondence:
Jonna K Vuoskoski, Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, jonna.vuoskoski@gmail.com