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Title: Influence of Primary Personality Trait and Age on String Orchestra Music Preference
Language: English
Authors: Gail V. Barnes, David A. Pope (ORCID 0000-0001-5861-3705)
Source: String Research Journal. 2025 15(1):89-103.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
High Schools
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Music Education, Personality Traits, Student Characteristics, Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students, Student Attitudes, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Musical Instruments, Age Differences, Extraversion Introversion
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Big Five Inventory
DOI: 10.1177/19484992241231009
ISSN: 1948-4992
2164-0661
Abstract: Understanding the potential relationships between musicians' different primary personality traits, ages, and their music preferences could be relevant in music teaching and learning. We surveyed participants (N = 362) from four groups: middle school orchestra students, high school orchestra students, collegiate orchestra students, and in-service music teachers and examined if: (a) there was a relationship between musical preferences of the four age groups, (b) there was a relationship between musicians' primary personality traits and their preferences of string orchestra repertoire, and (c) there was a relationship between musician's ages and their primary personality traits. Evidence supported that middle and high school orchestra students prefer music in the Arousal music attribute dimension significantly more than collegiate orchestra students and in-service orchestra teachers. Participants with Extraversion as their primary personality trait preferred repertoire in the Arousal music attribute dimension significantly more than music in the Valence dimension. In addition, Extraversion was the most common primary personality trait for middle school orchestra and collegiate orchestra students, while Conscientiousness was most common for in-service orchestra teachers.
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