Preference for Paintings and Personality Traits
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College students (49 males and 40 females) completed the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and performed 5-point preference ratings on 25 slides of paintings. Factor analysis of preference ratings gave seven dimensions of preference that underlay judgments. Eight significant relationships were found between source traits, measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, and dimensions of painting preferences. Support was obtained for the notion that preference for paintings is congruent with or expresses the personality traits of the rater. Further students reported greater preference for representational paintings than for abstract paintings.
1975 ◽
Vol 37
(3_suppl)
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pp. 1215-1218
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1973 ◽
Vol 4
(1)
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pp. 15-22
1986 ◽
Vol 59
(2)
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pp. 1015-1018
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