Comparison of Music Preference on Personality and Stress Among College Students

Abstract

Psychology is a very dynamic field of study. There are a lot of researches going on in this field currently It is necessary to scientifically research on the topics on it. The purpose of the present study is to Compare Music Preference in Indian Classical Music Listeners and Rock music listeners on Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness and Stress among college students. The target participants of the study were adults [College students] of age range 20 to 25. The participants of this study comprise of both males and females. College students [both Undergraduate and postgraduate were included]. The total number of samples [Sample Size] was 151.Total number of Indian Classical Music listeners and Rock Music Listeners are 88 and 63 respectively. All the samples are collected through offline mode. For assessing Music Preference self-designed personal data sheet by researcher, for measuring Openness, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, The Big Five Inventory [B.F.I], and for measuring stress Perceived Stress Scale [P.S.S.] all these tools were used. Between group design is research method used in this research. It was concluded from the non-parametric distribution of that, there exists no significant difference on Openness and Agreeableness among Indian Classical Music Listeners and Rock Music Listeners and there exists a significant difference on Conscientiousness and Stress among Indian Classical Music Listeners and Rock Music Listeners [College Students].