Psychopathy and Entertainment Preferences: Clarifying the Role of Abnormal and Normal Personality in Music and Movie Interests

We examined the associations between dimensions of abnormal (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism) and normal personality, on the one hand, and music and movie genre preferences, on the other, in a community sample (N=429). Our findings suggest that individuals' may prefer entertainment genres that most closely align with their respective personality traits.