Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
J Pers. 2011 Apr;79(2):223-58. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00662.x.
People spend considerable amounts of time and money listening to music, watching TV and movies, and reading books and magazines, yet almost no attention in psychology has been devoted to understanding individual differences in preferences for such entertainment. The present research was designed to examine the structure and correlates of entertainment genre preferences. Analyses of the genre preferences of more than 3,000 individuals revealed a remarkably clear factor structure. Using multiple samples, methods, and geographic regions, data converged to reveal five entertainment-preference dimensions: Communal, Aesthetic, Dark, Thrilling, and Cerebral. Preferences for these entertainment dimensions were uniquely related to demographics and personality traits. Results also indicated that personality accounted for significant proportions of variance in entertainment preferences over and above demographics. The results provide a foundation for developing and testing hypotheses about the psychology of entertainment preferences.
人们在听音乐、看电视电影以及阅读书籍杂志上花费了大量的时间和金钱，但心理学界几乎没有关注理解人们在娱乐方面的偏好的个体差异。本研究旨在探讨娱乐类型偏好的结构和相关性。对 3000 多人的类型偏好分析揭示了一个非常清晰的因素结构。使用多个样本、方法和地理区域，数据汇聚揭示了五个娱乐偏好维度：社交、审美、黑暗、刺激和理智。这些娱乐维度的偏好与人口统计学和人格特质有独特的关系。结果还表明，人格在娱乐偏好上占比显著，超过了人口统计学因素。研究结果为发展和测试娱乐偏好心理学的假设提供了基础。
