Table 6.
Multiple Correlations of Five Entertainment-Preference Factors with Demographic and Personality Variables.
| Communal |
Aesthetic |
Dark |
Thrilling |
Cerebral |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | IS | CS | |
| Step 1: Demographicsa | .42 | .56 | .23 | .42 | .39 | .42 | .25 | .45 | .22 | .24 |
| Step 2: Personalityb | .55 | .64 | .49 | .60 | .51 | .50 | .27 | .49 | .33 | .30 |
| Δ R F-ratio | 15.47 | 15.04 | 20.31 | 25.13 | 12.14 | 8.78 | 0.91 | 4.31 | 5.67 | 2.81 |
Note. CS = Community Sample (N = 449), IS = Internet Sample (N = 503).
a
Demographic variables included age, sex, and education.
b
Personality variables included aggregate scores of each Big Five dimension. F statistics in bold typeface are significant at p < .05.