Open AccessPersonality, behavioral, and social heterogeneity within the cosplay community
Author(s) -
Robin S. Rosenberg,
Andrea Letamendi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2018.1535
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , personality , normative , psychology , eysenck personality questionnaire , exploratory research , big five personality traits , social psychology , sociology , social science , philosophy , epistemology
In an exploratory study that surveyed 929 demographically diverse self-identified adult cosplayers about extraversion and behavioral and social aspects of cosplay, respondents completed a thirty-four-item self-report questionnaire regarding demographic information, cosplay behavior, and the ten extraversion items from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Form (EPQR-S). Cosplayers are within a normative range of extraversion; respondents who are relatively more introverted differ in some of their cosplay behaviors and experiences from those who are more extraverted.