Harry Potter and personality assessment: The utility of the Sorting Hat Quiz in personality traits' assessment.

ABSTRACT: Interactions with fiction influence our behavior and identification, as fiction encompasses elements of day-to-day reality. For instance, Harry Potter (HP) readers often identify with one of the Hogwarts Houses, recognizing their personality traits as similar to one of the house's members. This tendency constitutes a fertile ground for the popularity of the Sorting Hat Quiz (SHQ), i.e., a quiz allowing a placement to one of the houses. Recent studies showed that SHQ predicts some personality traits, i.e., Big Five, Dark Triad, and need for cognition. However, those studies were focused only on HP fans. Thus, the presented study aimed to replicate and extend previous studies by (1) using more complex measurements of personality traits and (2) analyzing the obtained results in groups of HP r

SUBMITTER: Baran L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12643298 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature