%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