The association between divergent thinking, personality, and listening to classical music

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1177/03057356231211824

LY Hooi, KW Tan

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Abstract

Divergent thinking (DT) enables flexible thinking and the generation of a wider range of original ideas that form the basis of creativity. Although personality traits and music listening have been found to be positively correlated with DT performance, the association remains inconclusive. Furthermore, there is a debate regarding whether originality should be included as an index to measure DT. The present study examines the association between DT, personality, and classical music listening. There were 162 Malaysian adults who participated in this experiment. Participants were randomly allocated to either happy, sad classical music (i.e., listen to a repeated clip of happy or sad music), or silent conditions (i.e., no music was played). DT and personality were assessed with Figural and Realistic DT Tests and 44-item personality model with five broad factors, respectively. Positive intercorrelations were found between fluency, flexibility, originality, and DT total score. A weak positive correlation was revealed between DT total score and openness trait. However, there was no significant difference between happy, sad music, and silent conditions on DT performance. The findings support the notion that fluency, flexibility, and originality are the essential indices in measuring DT performance. The results suggest that open-minded people have better DT performance.

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发散思维、个性与聆听古典音乐之间的关联

发散思维(DT)使灵活的思维和产生更广泛的原创思想，形成创造力的基础。虽然人格特质和音乐聆听与DT表现呈正相关，但这种关联仍不确定。此外，关于是否应该将独创性作为衡量DT的指标存在争议。本研究考察了DT、个性和古典音乐听之间的关系。共有162名马来西亚成年人参与了这项实验。参与者被随机分配到快乐或悲伤的古典音乐(即，反复听快乐或悲伤的音乐片段)，或安静的环境(即，没有音乐播放)。分别采用figure and Realistic DT test和44-item personality model(包含5个广义因子)对DT和人格进行评估。流畅性、灵活性、独创性与DT总分呈显著正相关。DT总分与开放性性状呈弱正相关。然而，在快乐、悲伤和沉默的条件下，对DT的表现没有显著差异。研究结果支持流畅性、灵活性和独创性是衡量DT表现的基本指标的观点。结果表明，思想开放的人有更好的DT表现。

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.