While it is reasonable to assume that the passion and drive toward musicianship has its roots within the personality, there are few studies focusing on the relationship between musical practice and personality and their findings are often contradictory. The aim of this study is to explore the differences in personality traits between musicians and nonmusicians. Altogether 355 responders participated in our research (M_Age = 31, SD = 12.4), 189 musicians and 166 nonmusicians. We used the HEXACO Personality Inventory - Revised (HEXACO-PI-R) questionnaire for measuring the traits of the six-factor model of personality. Multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that musicians scored significantly higher on Honesty-Humility and Openness, while nonmusicians scored higher on Emotionality. Binary logistic regressions with stepwise method showed that the main personality facets which differentiate between musicians and nonmusicians are Aesthetic Appreciation, Creativity, Social Self-Esteem, Fearfulness, Greed Avoidance, and Organization. The explained variance of the model ranged between 15.6% and 26%. Our analysis shows that there are several important personality-based features of the six-factor model of personality that could help to efficiently differentiate between musicians and nonmusicians.

虽然可以合理地假设对音乐的热情和动力源于个性，但很少有研究关注音乐实践与个性之间的关系，而且他们的发现往往是矛盾的。本研究的目的是探讨音乐家和非音乐家之间人格特征的差异。共有 355 名响应者参与了我们的研究（M_年龄 = 31，SD = 12.4)，189 名音乐家和 166 名非音乐家。我们使用 HEXACO Personality Inventory - Revised (HEXACO-PI-R) 问卷来测量六因素人格模型的特征。多元方差分析 (ANOVA) 表明，音乐家在诚实-谦逊和开放性方面得分明显更高，而非音乐家在情感方面得分更高。逐步方法的二元逻辑回归表明，区分音乐家和非音乐家的主要人格方面是审美欣赏、创造力、社会自尊、恐惧、避免贪婪和组织。模型的解释方差在 15.6% 和 26% 之间。