%0 Journal Article %T The relationship between musical preferences and Type D personality %A Alinka E. Greasley %A Li-Yu Hu %A Yu-Chi Chung %J Psychology of Music %@ 1741-3087 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0305735617733809 %X Emotion regulation is one of the main reasons that people listen to music, and personality traits have been shown to exert significant influence in shaping musical preferences. Type D personality is a psychological risk factor for adverse health outcomes. However, no music studies have yet examined the effect of Type D personality on musical preferences, which may provide some preliminary insight into clinical applications. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between Type D personality and musical preferences. An online survey investigating musical preferences (Revised version of the Short Test of Musical Preferences [STOMP-R]) and Type D personality was administered. In total, 196 participants completed the survey, of which half were from an Eastern culture and half from a Western culture. Forty per cent of the participants were categorised as having Type D personality, and no significant association of gender or nationality with Type D classification was observed. However, the links between Type D personality and the Punk genre (p = .047), and between non-Type D personality and the Jazz genre (p = .008) were indicated. Moreover, differences were observed in the factor structure of STOMP-R. The exploratory results facilitate the understanding of links between personality traits and music listening and provide new insight into musical preference dimensions %K cross-cultural %K mental health %K musical dimensions %K musical preferences %K Type D personality %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305735617733809