Table 4.
Personality Correlates of Five Entertainment-Preference Factors in Two Independent Samples.
| Communal |
Aesthetic |
Dark |
Thrilling |
Cerebral |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | |
| Extraversion | .15 | .04 | .05 | .09 | .06 | .16 | .05 | −.09 | .18 | .07 |
| Gregariousness | .12 | .09 | .01 | .08 | .02 | .11 | .00 | −.13 | .13 | .10 |
| Friendliness | .25 | .25 | −.01 | .06 | −.06 | −.02 | .01 | −.07 | .08 | .03 |
| Provocativeness | −.13 | −.22 | .07 | −.02 | .20 | .26 | .02 | −.04 | .18 | .09 |
| Assertiveness | .14 | −.06 | .06 | −.03 | .00 | .05 | .08 | −.05 | .28 | .08 |
| Self-disclosure | .17 | .09 | .08 | .16 | .25 | .21 | .01 | −.04 | .06 | −.05 |
| Poise | .14 | .04 | .06 | .16 | −.05 | .02 | .08 | −.02 | .14 | .10 |
| Talkativeness | .04 | −.03 | −.03 | −.01 | .06 | .15 | .01 | −.09 | .07 | .00 |
| Leadership | .09 | −.10 | .10 | .13 | .01 | .09 | .08 | −.15 | .17 | .07 |
| Sociability | -- | .19 | -- | −.17 | -- | .07 | -- | .12 | -- | .10 |
| Agreeableness | .34 | .41 | .13 | .23 | −.14 | −.20 | .03 | −.06 | .03 | −.04 |
| Warmth | .36 | .34 | .15 | .28 | −.05 | −.04 | .03 | −.11 | .11 | .05 |
| Cooperation | .14 | .22 | .09 | .16 | −.23 | −.28 | −.05 | −.12 | −.10 | −.12 |
| Understanding | .28 | .33 | .17 | .31 | −.10 | −.10 | .03 | −.07 | .03 | .03 |
| Morality | .26 | .27 | .05 | −.02 | −.21 | −.35 | .08 | .07 | −.04 | −.03 |
| Sympathy | -- | .40 | -- | .32 | -- | −.12 | -- | −.08 | -- | −.06 |
| Pleasantness | .21 | .27 | .04 | .12 | −.12 | −.08 | .09 | .02 | .03 | −.01 |
| Tenderness | .49 | .49 | .07 | .15 | −.05 | −.13 | −.04 | −.08 | .04 | −.10 |
| Empathy | .26 | .25 | .20 | .31 | −.02 | −.04 | .02 | −.06 | .09 | .01 |
| Nurturance | -- | .49 | -- | .03 | -- | −.21 | -- | .03 | -- | −.02 |
| Conscientiousness | .14 | .01 | .09 | −.09 | −.17 | −.16 | .05 | −.01 | .16 | .09 |
| Efficiency | .12 | .01 | .03 | −.09 | −.13 | −.10 | .07 | .01 | .19 | .04 |
| Cautiousness | −.12 | −.07 | .00 | −.15 | −.22 | −.17 | −.05 | −.05 | .05 | .13 |
| Dutifulness | .28 | .22 | .04 | −.07 | −.20 | −.20 | .03 | .04 | .06 | .06 |
| Rationality | -- | −.10 | -- | −.34 | -- | −.11 | -- | .18 | -- | .12 |
| Conscientious | .10 | .05 | .06 | −.13 | −.17 | −.14 | .07 | .02 | .09 | .04 |
| Purposefulness | .12 | −.01 | .10 | −.05 | −.13 | −.10 | .10 | .04 | .16 | .07 |
| Perfectionism | -- | .05 | -- | −.27 | -- | −.12 | -- | .06 | -- | .17 |
| Organization | .17 | −.06 | .19 | .06 | −.03 | −.07 | .02 | −.04 | .19 | .12 |
| Orderliness | -- | .21 | -- | −.24 | -- | −.25 | -- | .08 | -- | .08 |
| Emotional Stability | −.11 | −.12 | .04 | .05 | −.01 | .04 | .05 | .05 | .12 | .08 |
| Happiness | .07 | −.07 | .04 | .05 | −.08 | .03 | .07 | −.02 | .14 | .07 |
| Impulse control | −.03 | −.09 | .02 | −.01 | −.09 | −.07 | .04 | .07 | .02 | .03 |
| Calmness | .01 | .09 | .10 | .15 | −.01 | −.05 | .00 | −.04 | .08 | .01 |
| Imperturbability | −.33 | −.31 | −.07 | −.08 | .08 | .08 | .04 | .05 | .08 | .14 |
| Moderation | -- | −.05 | -- | .03 | -- | −.12 | -- | −.07 | -- | .06 |
| Cool-headedness | -- | .06 | -- | −.22 | -- | −.13 | -- | .08 | -- | .10 |
| Stability | −.09 | −.07 | .07 | .07 | .01 | .03 | .04 | .03 | .14 | .03 |
| Toughness | -- | −.21 | -- | .13 | -- | .13 | -- | .05 | -- | .03 |
| Tranquility | .07 | −.06 | .00 | .03 | .03 | .06 | .08 | .08 | .10 | .02 |
| Intellect | .07 | −.24 | .38 | .38 | .13 | .20 | .09 | −.17 | .19 | .15 |
| Ingenuity | .07 | −.24 | .29 | .19 | .13 | .18 | .10 | −.12 | .18 | .17 |
| Introspection | −.05 | −.24 | .24 | .25 | .14 | .08 | −.03 | −.08 | .08 | .01 |
| Reflection | .36 | .27 | .36 | .54 | .07 | .03 | .05 | −.16 | .11 | .07 |
| Creativity | −.14 | −.31 | .36 | .36 | .18 | .27 | .05 | −.13 | .17 | .17 |
| Competence | .13 | −.21 | .19 | .14 | .06 | .12 | .12 | −.03 | .18 | .08 |
| Imagination | -- | −.04 | -- | .58 | -- | .23 | -- | −.16 | -- | .09 |
| Quickness | .06 | −.24 | .28 | .33 | .09 | .19 | .12 | −.09 | .16 | .09 |
| Depth | -- | −.08 | -- | .17 | -- | .09 | -- | −.08 | -- | .02 |
| Intellect | −.02 | −.21 | .37 | .44 | .08 | .19 | .03 | −.25 | .15 | .13 |
| Column vector correlations | .71 | .86 | .75 | −.03 | .47 | |||||
Note. CS = Community Sample (N = 449), IS = Internet Sample (N = 503). -- = missing data. Column-vector correlations were computed using Fisher's r-to-z transformation. Correlations ≥ |.10| are significant at p < .05 and are in bold typeface.