Rationales and functions of disliked music: An in-depth interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

With a few exceptions, musical taste has been researched via likes or preferences of certain types of music. The present study focuses on disliked music and takes a broad approach to cover explanatory strategies related to personal dislikes.

Methods

In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 participants in five age groups. Interviewees were asked to prepare a list of their disliked music, and for each item they were asked about the reasons for the dislike. To ensure that the complexity and range of the participants' dislikes and rationales were captured in the analysis, a structuring content analysis as a mostly theory-driven approach was combined with inductive category creation out of the interview data.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ackermann TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846515 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature