Internalizing personality traits of fictional characters into one's own personality:The relationship between the Big 5 Personality Traits and assuming of personality traits of fictional characters as a self-guide among young adults
External factors such as games and movies were found to have an impact on personality. In this study, the external factor used was a short video with a narrative that had no dialogues. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the type of personality traits that come into play while individuals ar...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
2022
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43122/1/KELLY%20ALLISON%20DALY%20%2824pgs%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43122/2/KELLY%20ALLISON%20DALY%20%28Fulltext%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43122/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | External factors such as games and movies were found to have an impact on personality.
In this study, the external factor used was a short video with a narrative that had no
dialogues. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the type of personality traits that
come into play while individuals are brought into the narrative, create a one-sided
connection with characters and while individuals reflect on how they perceive
themselves to be. The rationale for this was to recognize how external influences have
an impact on psychological and social factors which then influence personality, in terms
of cognition, behaviour and emotion. A total of 30 undergraduate Psychology students
from the Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development took part in this
research. Each participant was required to answer the Big 5 Personality Inventory
before watching the 'Little Darling' video. After that, participants had to fill in a form
consisting of the Transportation into Narrative, Parasocial Relationship and Individual
Self-Concept tests. The results of the study have shown that there was a significant
correlation between Openness with Individual Self-Concept, Agreeableness with
Transportation into Narrative, and Transportation into Narrative with Parasocial
Relationship respectively. To conclude, the study illustrates the potential to promote
personality development through interesting and engaging narratives. |
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