The Personalities of Popular Musicians
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Music
- Vol. 22 (2), 168-173
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735694222006
Abstract
In this study, the personality characteristics of rock and country musicians were examined. One hundred and seventy-one musicians completed Inter-personal Adjective Scale-Big Five (IASR-B5) measures of personality. The results suggest that such musicians tend to be more arrogant, dominant, ex-traverted, open to experience and neurotic than university males. However, no significant differences were found among singers, guitarists, bass players and drummers.Keywords
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