Music is a ubiquitous part of everyday life
and greatly influences individuals in their day-to-day
activities. The present paper studies the relationship
between Music Preference and Emotion Regulation. A
sample of 114, aged between 18-25 years participated in
the study. Short Test Of Music Preferences (STOMP) by
Rentfrow, P. J., & Gosling, S. D. (2003) and Emotion
Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) by Gross, J.J., & John,
O.P. (2003) were used to measure the variables.
Pearson’s correlation coefficient and independent
sample t-test were used for statistical analysis of data.
The results found that music preference dimensions were
positively correlated to emotion regulation dimensions
and vice versa except Intense & Rebellious music, as it
was not found to be correlated with Expressive
Suppression. Implications are discussed.
Keywords :
Music Preference, Emotion Regulation, Young adults.