Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime

Several studies indicate that musical preferences provide a means of discriminating between social groups, and suggest indirectly that musical preferences should correlate with a variety of different lifestyle choices. In this study, 2532 participants responded to a questionnaire asking them to stat...

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Main Authors: North, Adrian, Hargreaves, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Ltd. 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29783
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description Several studies indicate that musical preferences provide a means of discriminating between social groups, and suggest indirectly that musical preferences should correlate with a variety of different lifestyle choices. In this study, 2532 participants responded to a questionnaire asking them to state their musical preference and also to provide data on various aspects of their lifestyle (namely interpersonal relationships, living arrangements, moral and political beliefs, and criminal behaviour). Numerous associations existed between musical preference and these aspects of participants’ lifestyle. The nature of these associations was generally consistent with previous research concerning aputative liberal–conservative divide between differing groups of fans. It is concluded that participants’ musical preferences provided a meaningful way of distinguishing different lifestyle choices.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-297832017-09-13T15:26:00Z Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime North, Adrian Hargreaves, David Several studies indicate that musical preferences provide a means of discriminating between social groups, and suggest indirectly that musical preferences should correlate with a variety of different lifestyle choices. In this study, 2532 participants responded to a questionnaire asking them to state their musical preference and also to provide data on various aspects of their lifestyle (namely interpersonal relationships, living arrangements, moral and political beliefs, and criminal behaviour). Numerous associations existed between musical preference and these aspects of participants’ lifestyle. The nature of these associations was generally consistent with previous research concerning aputative liberal–conservative divide between differing groups of fans. It is concluded that participants’ musical preferences provided a meaningful way of distinguishing different lifestyle choices. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29783 10.1177/0305735607068888 Sage Publications Ltd. fulltext
spellingShingle North, Adrian
Hargreaves, David
Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title_full Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title_fullStr Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title_full_unstemmed Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title_short Lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. Relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
title_sort lifestyle correlates of musical preference: 1. relationships, living arrangements, beliefs, and crime
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29783