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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"music preferences"”.
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Message in a ballad: personality judgements [sic] based on music preferences
This dissertation examines the role music plays in interpersonal perception. Drawing from research indicating that music preferences and personality are linked, this work focuses on the impressions elicited from such information. Four independent studies were conducted to determine whether people …
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Magpies and mirrors : identity as a mediator of music preferences across the lifespan
… of identity on the development and trajectory of music preferences across the lifespan. The focus of interest in recent empirical research has been to predict music preferences using adolescent individual differences. It is widely recognized that adolescents use music to help them deal with a …
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A Qualitative Examination of the Sport Music Preferences of NCAA Division I Athletes
<p>Athletes report listening to music prior to their sport participation for a number of reasons, including: mood-regulation, arousal control, and concentration (Laukka & Quick, 2011; Sorenson, Czech, Gonzalez, Klein, & Lachowetz, 2008; Stevens & Lane, 2001). Researchers have found that many …
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Music preferences, music and non-music media use, and leisure involvement of Hong Kong adolescents.
… responses to grade, gender, familiarity, musical training, peers'/parents' listening habits, music media use, and listening contexts. Grade six through nine Hong Kong students (N = 310) completed the audio preference test followed by verbal responses to training, peers'/parents' …
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What we think a person's playlist says about them: Inferred stereotypes based on music preferences
This study demonstrates that music can be a proxy for understanding activation of a variety of stereotypes. These stereotypes also align with stereotypes in particular contexts like the workplace. Consequently, this study shows that there may be methods beyond typical self-report measures that can …
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A heuristic self-inquiry into the clinical decision making process of a medical music therapist when selecting music for patients who cannot or chose to not share preferred music
Music therapy can support hospitalized adults, especially when using patient-preferred music. However, limited research exists on music therapy in adult medical settings where patients cannot or choose not to share their music preferences. The purpose of this heuristic self-inquiry was to identify …
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The moderating role of cultural orientation on emotional and behavioral outcomes of helping others
… behaviors (e.g., advertisement evaluations and music preferences), suggesting that these emotional consequences are associated with managerially important outcomes such as consumption for mood management.
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Collaborative Genre Tagging
… use of user and/or item metadata to predict user preferences, while collaborative-filtering (CF) has proven to be an effective approach in tasks such as predicting movie or music preferences of users in the absence of any metadata. Latent factor models have been used to achieve state-of-the-art …
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DalSegno: User-centric preference elicitation strategies for mitigating cold start in music recommender systems
Avid music enthusiasts often rely on music recommender systems to sift through expansive music catalogs and find new songs fitting their interests. However, such systems struggle to personalize suggestions for new users as they heavily rely on extensive listening histories to make accurate …
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Notes, Phrases, and Clauses: An Examination of Identity in Music Focused Conversation
<p>Music is everywhere. From formal occasions to a person’s morning run. Music is available on cell phones, computers, in religious ceremonies, at concerts and venues. Music is seen by society to be important and a person’s choice of music can be used to present an identity. The question considered …
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Musical Resonance: An Exploration of Class and Urban-Rural Disparities in Music Tastes and Practices in Contemporary China
… extensive research on social stratification in music tastes and practices has largely focused on social class differences within Western contexts, the pronounced urban-rural divide in China is equally significant. The unique social structures and access disparities between urban and rural areas …
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The potential of music in the post COVID-19 pandemic realities of mothers in South Jersey
… neighborhoods and how their involvement in group music experiences might contribute to their everyday life. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, women who are mothers have experienced unfavorable outcomes in health and wellbeing domains and need psychological and emotional health resources related to post …
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Development of Dispositions and Behaviors in Random and Self -Selected Freshman Roommate Pairs
… showed similarities in characteristics such as music preferences and social activities after living with one another for a semester, while self-matched roommates showed greater similarities across a greater range of characteristics, including personality traits, religiosity, and political …
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The Effects of Class, Age, Gender and Race on Musical Preferences: An Examination of the Omnivore/Univore Framework
… of class, age, gender and race on the breadth of musical preferences that respondents report to liking. Specifically, the omnivore/univore framework developed by Peterson (1992) is examined. It is hypothesized that age and social class are positively related to musical omnivorousness (liking a …
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It’s Not Simple: Brain Signal Complexity as an Index of Neural Information Processing Described via Music Perception, Complexity and Reward
… signal complexity is higher in adult musicians compared to non-musicians. The difference in complexity between groups was largest in a music note perception task, which also showed the largest behavioural difference between groups. Study 2 extends this approach to a longitudinal study …