Stereotypes of musicians about personality traits of musicians

Prethodna istraživanja pronašla su neke stvarne razlike, ali i potvrdila postojanje stereotipa o osobinama ličnosti različitih skupina glazbenika. Međutim, profil osobina ličnosti glazbenika još uvijek nije u potpunosti definiran. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati jesu li razlike u osobinama ličnosti glazbenika stvarne razlike ili samo stereotipi, a istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku studenata Muzičke akademije u Zagrebu (N=232). Glazbenici su na tvrdnjama iz upitnika BFI-10 te određenim parovima pridjeva procijenjivali vlastite osobine ličnosti te osobine ličnosti drugih skupina glazbenika. Kruskal-Wallis test (K-W) na samoprocjenama glazbenika pokazao je kako ne postoje stvarne razlike u osobinama ličnosti između glazbenika različitih skupina. Postojanje stereotipa o osobinama ličnosti glazbenika testirano je nizom Mann-Whitney testova (MWU). Pronađeno je dvanaest stereotipa na dimenzijama pet-faktorskog modela - gudači, drveni puhači, klaviristi, solo pjevači i glazbeni pedagozi procijenjeni su manje otvorenima i manje ugodnima, klaviristi manje ekstravertiranima a solo pjevači manje savjesnima, te pet stereotipa na parovima pridjeva - limeni puhači i glazbeni pedagozi procijenjeni su manje sklonima pokazivanju emocija, a gudači, limeni puhači i klaviristi sklonijima prekomjernoj konzumaciji alkohola. Dobiveni rezultati djelomično se podudaraju s rezultatima prethodnih istraživanja iste problematike.Previous studies have found personality differences but also confirmed the existence of stereotypes about the personality traits of different groups of musicians. However, the profile of the personality traits of musicians is still not completely defined. The objective of this study was to examine whether the differences in personality traits of different groups of musicians are real differences or stereotypes, and the study was conducted on a sample of students of the Music Academy in Zagreb (N = 232). The musicians assesed their own personality traits and personality traits of other groups of musicians with BFI-10 questionnaire and several pairs of adjectives. Kruskal-Wallis test (K-W) on the results of self-ratings of musicians showed there were no differences in personality traits of different groups of musicians. The existence of stereotypes about personality traits of musicians was tested with a series of Mann-Whitney tests (MWU). Results showed twelve stereotypes on the dimensions of five-factor model – string players, woodwind players, pianists, solo singers and music pedagogues were assessed as less open and less agreeable, pianists as less extraverted and solo singers as less conscientious, and five stereotypes on pairs of adjectives – brass players and music pedagogues were assessed as less inclined to showing emotions, and string players, brass players and pianists as prone to excessive alcohol consumption. The results partly correspond with the results of previous studies