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Pop Music, Preference and Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

J. Neville
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In an attempt to clarify thinking about the musical preferences of fourteen-year old schoolchildren, the author devised an experiment to test the hypothesis that musical preference relates to the personality types of extroversion and introversion, as defined by Eysenck. The results did not confirm this hypothesis, so other factors – the sex of the subjects, the kinds of music and the chosen items themselves – were analysed and their interaction evaluated. There was no hierarchy of factors and the conclusion is that fourteen-year-olds are able to make judgements based on musical criteria.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 1985 , pp. 145 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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