Television Viewing Habits

Impact of Personality Traits on Television Viewing Habits

Welcome to "Impact of Personality Traits on Television Viewing Habits," a web-based experiment that examines how personality traits impact an individual's television viewing habits. Before taking part in this study, please read the consent form below and click on the "I Agree" button at the bottom of the page if you understand the statements and freely consent to participate in the study.

Consent Form

This study involves a web-based experiment designed to view how personality traits impact an individual's television viewing habits. The study is being conducted by Mary Kaar of the University of Texas at Dallas, and it has been approved by the University of Texas at Dallas Institutional Review Board. No deception is involved, and the study involves no more than minimal risk to participants (i.e., the level of risk encountered in daily life).

Participation in the study typically takes 30 - 45 minutes and is strictly anonymous. Participants begin by answering demographic information, followed by a personality questionnaire, and end with a television viewing habits survey.

All responses are treated as confidential, and in no case will responses from individual participants be identified. Rather, all data will be pooled and published in aggregate form only. Participants should be aware; however, that the experiment is not being run from a "secure" https server of the kind typically used to handle credit card transactions, so there is a small possibility that responses could be viewed by unauthorized third parties (e.g., computer hackers).

Many individuals find participation in this study enjoyable, and no adverse reactions have been reported thus far.

Participation is voluntary, refusal to take part in the study involves no penalty or loss of benefits to which participants are otherwise entitled, and participants may withdraw from the study at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which they are otherwise entitled.

If participants have further questions about this study, they may contact the principal investigator, Mary Kaar, at (703) 980-3967; Participants who want more information about their rights as a participant or who want to report a research related injury may contact The University of Texas at Dallas Institutional Review Board at (972) 883-4579.

If you are 18 years of age or older, understand the statement above, and freely consent to participate in the study, click on the "I Agree" button to begin the experiment.

I Agree

Demographic Questions:

Sex

Male

Female

Prefer not to answer

Age

Personality Trait Questions:

Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same age. So that you can describe yourself in an honest manner, your responses will be kept in absolute confidence.

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Am the life of the party.

Feel little concern for others.

Am always prepared.

Get stressed out easily.

Have a rich vocabulary.

Don't talk a lot.

Am interested in people.

Leave my belongings around.

Am relaxed most of the time.

Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.

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Feel comfortable around people.

Insult people.

Pay attention to details.

Worry about things.

Have a vivid imagination.

Keep in the background.

Sympathize with others' feelings.

Make a mess of things.

Seldom feel blue.

Am not interested in abstract ideas.

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Start conversations.

Am not interested in other people's problems.

Get chores done right away.

Am easily disturbed.

Have excellent ideas.

Have little to say.

Have a soft heart.

Often forget to put things back in their proper place.

Get upset easily.

Do not have a good imagination.

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Talk to a lot of different people at parties.

Am not really interested in others.

Like order.

Change my mood a lot.

Am quick to understand things.

Don't like to draw attention to myself.

Take time out for others.

Shirk my duties.

Have frequent mood swings.

Use difficult words.

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Don't mind being the center of attention.

Feel others' emotions.

Follow a schedule.

Get irritated easily.

Spend time reflecting on things.

Am quiet around strangers.

Make people feel at ease.

Am exacting in my work.

Often feel blue.

Am full of ideas.

Television Viewing Habits Survey:

How many hours a week do you spend watching television programs?

What type of programs do you spend the majority of your time watching?

Scripted

Reality

Educational (i.e., History, Food Network, Travel)

News (i.e., Local News, CNN, Fox News)

What type of platform do you watch shows on?

TV

Free streaming services (i.e., Hulu, network websites)

Paid streaming services (i.e., Netflix, Amazon)

Third party sites (i.e., project free TV)

Do you watch shows live or recorded/on demand?

Live

Recorded/On Demand

Do you like to "binge watch" shows?

Yes

No