Absorption and openness to experience: An everyday tale of traits, states, and consciousness change with music
Music and Consciousness 2 April 11, 2019 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198804352.003.0014 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Population | 10- to 18-year-olds' involvement in music in daily life (subset of findings from a mixed-methods study) |
| Key points | Argues that openness and absorption are central to understanding individual differences in musical consciousness and that trait and state models have limits for capturing the phenomenology of spontaneous, effortless involvement with music. The chapter draws on a subset of findings from a mixed-methods study of 10- to 18-year-olds' everyday music involvement to examine whether personality characteristics may predict capacities for subtle shifts of consciousness. |
Abstract
Abstract: In what ways may individual differences in personality, age, and training shape subjective experiences with and of music? And how far is it possible to determine whether particular personality characteristics may predict the capacity for certain subtle shifts of consciousness such as episodes of spontaneous, effortless involvement? This chapter examines the construct of openness (the fifth and most variably defined ‘Big Five’ dimension) and the associated subconstruct of absorption, both of which have attracted increasing attention from researchers in the last five years. Drawing on a subset of findings from a mixed-methods study of 10–18 year olds’ involvement in music in daily life, the chapter outlines what trait and state models can and cannot reveal about the phenomenology of musical consciousness.
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