Gender and religion as factors of individual differences in musical preference

Júnior, João Fortunato Soares-Quadros; Quiles, Oswaldo Lorenzo; Herrera, Lucía; Araújo, Naiara Sales

doi:10.1177/1029864918774834

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“…On the other hand, the overall rejection of Sophisticated styles might be related to a lower tolerance, curiosity, and openness to a wide range of musical styles, which Hargreaves [53] defines as open-earedness. These results support the hypothesis that open-earedness declines during adolescence and is restructured in adulthood [36]. Another explanation for these results could be the unfamiliarity of the participants with Sophisticated music styles [54].…”

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“…Nevertheless, there is some evidence which indicates that women have a preference for "softer" musical styles such as pop, whereas men prefer "heavier" styles such as rock [19]. Accordingly, Soares-Quadros Jr, Lorenzo-Quiles, Herrera, and Santos [36] conducted a study in Brazil with adolescents in which male participants showed greater preference towards "exciting music" (hip-hop and rap). In contrast, female participants showed greater preference towards popular styles of mass consumption (arrocha, brega, international, Brazilian popular music, and sertanejo styles) as well as gospel, a more conventional style.…”

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Musical preferences of Brazilian high school students

2020

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Music is considered a vital element in young people's lives. It functions as an important means for expressing the emotions and feelings they experience in a daily basis. As such, this study explores the music preferences of high school Brazilian students (N = 940), 530 female (56.9%) and 410 male (43.1%) participants between 14 and 20 years old (M = 16.14 years old, SD = 1.22). The main instrument for data collection was the Questionnaire on Musical Style Preferences, which was adapted to the Brazilian context and encompassed 33 different music styles. A principal component analysis resulted in five dimensions representing different musical styles: (1) Intense, (2) Unique, (3) Sophisticated, (4) Contemporary, and (5) Mellow. The results of this study reinforced theory of the five-factor model of musical preference. Results also suggest that Mellow music was the most preferred while Sophisticated music was the least preferred among participants. Regarding gender, male participants showed a greater preference towards Contemporary, Intense, and Sophisticated music, whereas women generally preferred Mellow and Unique. Regarding age, participants under 20 years old showed a greater preference towards Mellow musical styles as compared to older participants. On the one hand, regression analyses showed that preferences towards Intense music decrease with age. On the other hand, gender was a better predictor for music preferences than age. Although the results of this study correspond to those of previous studies, more research studies are necessary to further explain musical preferences within the Brazilian context.

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Musical preferences of Brazilian high school students

2020

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“…Although some previous studies have shown that music preferences are influenced by gender, suggesting that males prefer “heavier” (Colley, 2008 ), more “vigorous” (Soares-Quadros Júnior, Lorenzo, Herrera, & Araújo Santos, 2019 ), and “intense-rebellious” music (Dobrota, Reić Ercegovac, & Habe, 2019 ) compared to females, in this study, there was no effect of gender on preferences for either tempo, lyrics, or genre.…”

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The effect of preferred background music on task-focus in sustained attention

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2020

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Although many people listen to music while performing tasks that require sustained attention, the literature is inconclusive about its effects. The present study examined performance on a sustained-attention task and explored the effect of background music on the prevalence of different attentional states, founded on the non-linear relationship between arousal and performance. Forty students completed a variation of the Psychomotor Vigilance Task-that has long been used to measure sustained attention-in silence and with their self-selected or preferred music in the background. We collected subjective reports of attentional state (specifically mind-wandering, task-focus and external distraction states) as well as reaction time (RT) measures of performance. Results indicated that background music increased the proportion of task-focus states by decreasing mind-wandering states but did not affect external distraction states. Task-focus states were linked to shorter RTs than mind-wandering or external distraction states; however, background music did not reduce RT or variability of RT significantly compared to silence. These findings show for the first time that preferred background music can enhance task-focused attentional states on a low-demanding sustained-attention task and are compatible with arousal mediating the relationship between background music and task-performance.

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“…The musical knowledge obtained during pre-university studies was not relevant to their music preferences. Soares--Quadros, Lorenzo, Herrera, and Santos (2019) have analysed the musical preferences of Brazilian students by considering the variables of gender and religion. The results indicated that the participants' musical preferences were influenced by mass media.…”

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confidence: 99%