APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Maladaptive Personality and Psychopathy Dimensions Predict Entertainment Media Preferences but Not Intense Music Preferences
- Pavel Blagov
Whitman College - Morgan Walker
Eastern Washington University - Alan Pugh
University of Washington - Kristi Von Handorf
Western University
Abstract
In a sample of 379 adults, domains from the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders and the triarchic model of psychopathy correlated with music and movie preferences. The results did not entirely coincide with the literature on normal-range personality, and preferences for music dubbed as “problem” entertainment predicted no maladaptive traits.
Personality