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Copyright

Ivana Stepanović Ilić; Marina Videnović; Zora Krnjaić; Ksenija Krstić

Published On

2024-06-20

Page Range

pp. 123–142

Language

  • English

Print Length

20 pages

6. Adolescent Musical Preferences and their Relationship with Schwartz’s Basic Values

Chapter of: Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills: Research in the Western Balkans and Western Europe(pp. 123–142)
This study aimed to identify musical preferences in Serbian adolescents and determine a potential relationship between them and the adolescents’ values. The sample included 1,358 respondents (aged 15–17). Musical preferences were investigated through a scale that included twelve music genres and ten values from Schwartz’s instrument. Four musical preference factors were revealed: Rebellious (Metal, Rock, Punk, and avoidance of Folk music); Sophisticated (Jazz, R&B, Reggae); Energetic (Techno, Hip-hop, House); and Conventional (Pop). Relationships with value dimensions were established, e.g., Rebellious preference correlates positively with Universalism, Power, and Self-direction and negatively with Hedonism and Benevolence; Sophisticated preference is positively and strongly related to Self-direction and Stimulation, while negatively with Security, Conformity, and Tradition; Energetic preference correlates positively with Universalism and negatively with Hedonism; and Conventional preference correlates negatively with Power and Self-direction and positively with Benevolence. Results suggest that the music preferences of Serbian adolescents are comparable to those identified in other countries and that it is possible to relate them to values that the adolescents hold.

Contributors

Ivana Stepanović Ilić

(author)
Associate Professor at University of Belgrade
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-5263

Ivana Stepanović Ilić, PhD is an Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Her areas of research include cognitive development in adolescence; socialisation and everyday life of youth; schooling and dropouts on all education levels. Ivana has participated in twenty-five research projects and published more than thirty papers in international and national scientific journals. She is a member of the International Society for Cultural-historical Activity Research and the European Association for Developmental Psychology.

Marina Videnović

(author)
Research Associate at University of Belgrade
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1337-3722

Marina Videnović, PhD is a researcher at the Institute of Psychology, a research unit at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Her interests include adolescent socialisation during school and spare time. She combines qualitative and quantitative methodology for data-driven insights. She makes efforts to incorporate scientific research data in evidence-based policy advice. She is the chief editor of Psihološka Istraživanja [Psychological Research] national journal in Serbia.

Zora Krnjaić

(author)
Head of the Institute of Psychology at University of Belgrade
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4836-3754

Zora Krnjaić, PhD is a Senior Research Associate and Head of the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Her expertise in developmental psychology includes: giftedness and expert thinking; everyday life and youth development in specific socio-cultural contexts; and youth policy. She brought her scientific expertise into drawing up national strategies, policies and guidelines as well as projects and programmes intended to support the development of young people, especially gifted and vulnerable groups. She participated as coordinator of the Working thematic group for the development of the first National youth strategy. She took a part in over thirty research projects and programmes and published monographs and numerous papers in scientific journals. She is a European Council for High Abilities Correspondent for Serbia and, since 2008, a Head of the Commission of Young Talents Fund of the Republic of Serbia.

Ksenija Krstić

(author)
Associate Professor at University of Belgrade
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-270X

Ksenija Krstić, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Her field of interest includes socio-emotional development; attachment and close relationships; early childhood development; parenting; early childhood intervention; and adolescent development in specific socio-cultural contexts. She has participated in more than fifteen national and international projects. She is a member of the International Society for Cultural-historical Activity Research, the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, and the European Association for Developmental Psychology.