The relationship between personality traits, metacognitions and media preferences
Is this your thesis?
This record came from a bulk archive import. If it’s yours, link it to your profile.
Abstract (EN)
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the individuals' personality traits, metacognitions and the media (film/music) preferences. Method: 416 participants (247 females, 169 males, with a mean age of 41,72±12,62 years) were applied a Sociodemographic and Media Preferences Information Form, the Abbreviated Form of the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQR-A) and the Metacognition Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30). Results: The participants' EPQR-A and MCQ-30 scores differed by age, education and gender. Regarding EPQR-A, female participants scored significantly higher on neuroticism and extraversion, and younger and more educated groups of participants on neuroticism and psychoticism. On MCQ-30, all subscale scores of males were found to be higher than females except for cognitive confidence and need to control thought. Participants with lower education levels had significantly higher scores on positive beliefs and cognitive confidence dimensions. In our study, participants with different media preferences differed significantly in terms of EPQR-A and MCQ-30 scores. Positive beliefs scores differed significantly among participants with different frequencies of watching films. All EPQR-A and MCQ-30 subscales differed significantly among participants who watched different types of films. The subscale of extraversion of EPQR-A and all subscales of MCQ-30, except uncontrollability and danger, differed significantly among participants who watched films with different purposes. Significant differences were observed among participants who listened to music at different frequencies, extraversion and psychoticism scores of EPQR-A and need to control thought subscale ofMCQ-30, and among participants who listened different types of music, psychoticism on EPQR-A, and need to control thoughts on MCQ-30, among participants who listened music with different purposes neuroticism and extraversion on EPQR-A and cognitive confidence on MCQ-30. Conclusion: The relationships between personality traits, metacognitions and the individuals' media preferences were discussed in the light of literature. Key words: Personality, metacognition, preferences, film, music
Author
Ayşegül Gacal
Institution
How to Cite
Ayşegül Gacal (Master Thesis). The relationship between personality traits, metacognitions and media preferences, 2018, Feyziye Schools Foundation Işık University.
License
Tüm Hakları Saklıdır
This work is shared under the specified license terms.
More theses from Feyziye Schools Foundation Işık University
- The investigation of the relationship between problem solving abilities and marital satisfaction and somatization in married individuals(2019)
- The investigation of the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction with depression on a group of the teachers(2019)
- The mediating role of religious coping on the relationship between depression and childhood trauma(2019)
- Identity seek in the figures of Semiha Berksoy(2019)
- The analysis of undergraduate and postgraduate students depression levels in terms of their gender roles and cognitive flexibility levels(2019)
- An assessment of the relationship between peer bullying, social skills and effective/accompany factors on their relationship among 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students in istanbul(2019)