Psychopathy and entertainment preferences: Clarifying the role of abnormal and normal personality in music and movie interests

Bowes, Shauna M.; Watts, Ashley L.; Costello, Thomas H.; Murphy, Brett A.; Lilienfeld, Scott O.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.009

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“…The relationship between Machiavellianism and the use of Tinder to pass time or provide entertainment is consistent with a recent study that failed to find a connection between Machiavellianism and a wide range of movie and music preferences (Bowes et al 2018). It is possible that Machiavellian individuals have a more utilitarian approach to their entertainment and use tools that also provide real-life benefits (e.g., acquisition of a partner).…”

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The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

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Location-based on-line dating applications are a popular tool for initiating short and long-term relationships. Besides seeking for partners, people use these applications for a myriad of other reasons. We investigated how the Dark Tetrad of personality, controlling for sex, age, and trolling tendencies, related to different motives for using Tinder. Current or former Tinder users (N = 216) completed online scales for Tinder use motivations, trolling, sadism, and the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). Using Tinder for acquiring sexual experience was related to being male and being high in psychopathy. Psychopathy was positively correlated with using Tinder to distract oneself from other tasks (e.g., procrastination). Higher Machiavellianism and being female were related to peer pressure as a Tinder use motivation. Using Tinder for acquiring social or flirting skills had a negative relationship with narcissism, and positive relationship with Machiavellianism. Finally, Machiavellianism was also a significant, positive predictor of Tinder use for social approval and to pass the time. Results indicate that individuals high in Machiavellianism use Tinder for a number of utilitarian reasons, whereas the main motive for high psychopathy individuals is hookup for casual sex.

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The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

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“…Further, participants scoring higher on psychopathic traits rated fear-inducing video game genres (horror and combat-based action) as more enjoyable. These findings are consistent with those of Bowes, Watts, Costello, Murphy, and Lilienfeld (2018) who found that psychopathic traits (specifically, Fearless Dominance) related positively to the enjoyment of horror movies, though they found a higher correlation for War and Western films. Overall, the results of Study 1 support the construct of fear enjoyment in relation to psychopathy.…”

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In the eye of the beholder: Psychopathy and fear enjoyment

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Objective: We investigated the relations between psychopathic traits and fear enjoyment. Method: In Study 1, 140 undergraduate participants (62 men, 78 women) watched the footage of video game play meant to induce either excitement or fear, rating each on positive/negative adjectives. In Study 2, 150 undergraduate participants (94 women, 56 men) rated valence (positive/negative) of 20 sets of morphed surprise/ fear photos. Results: In Study 1, participants with higher levels of psychopathy rated the fear video as less negative and more positive. In Study 2, valence ratings became more negative as fear information increased (fear-laden faces were rated more negatively than surprise-laden faces). As well, there were significant interactions between psychopathy and morph level in predicting valence with psychopathic traits being associated with giving higher positivity ratings to fear-laden faces. Conclusions: The results of these two studies suggest that people with psychopathic traits have a more positive interpretation of the experience of fear, which could extend to evaluations of others' experiences of fear.

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“…The popularity of movie being perceived world-wide. In 2016, the revenue of the global box office reached $38.6 billion on their own (Bowes, Watts, Costello, Murphy, & Lilienfeld, 2018). Aside from its entertainment aspect, learning through movie makes our brain to be more active especially in analyzing the language style.…”

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Types of speech style performed by the characters in birds of prey movie

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People speaking language differently, it can be influenced by some social factors. This research is intended to find out the kinds of speech style and the variables that influencing the characters of “Birds of Prey” in speaking a language. There are two aims of this study, those are: 1) To find out the kinds of speech style are used in “Birds of Prey” movie, 2) To find out the dominant style used by the character in “Birds of Prey” movie. This research is using descriptive qualitative method in analyzing the data with the theory proposed by Joos (1967) to divine the style of speech style. The result of the data was presented in both formal and informal method in finding presentation. The formal method was applied through table and the informal method was applied through word explanation to explain which type of an utterance belongs to. The result of this study showed there are 266 utterances that categorized into type of speech style, there are 4 types of speech style that grouped into: 17 formal styles, 56 consultative styles, 180 casual style and 13 intimate styles with casual style as the dominant style to be used by the character according to the movie’s rating and genre.

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Psychopathy and entertainment preferences: Clarifying the role of abnormal and normal personality in music and movie interests

Cited by 14 publications

References 29 publications

The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

The Dark Tetrad in Tinder: hook-up app for high psychopathy individuals, and a diverse utilitarian tool for Machiavellians?

In the eye of the beholder: Psychopathy and fear enjoyment

Types of speech style performed by the characters in birds of prey movie

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