Personality, behavioral, and social heterogeneity within the cosplay community

Authors

  • Robin S. Rosenberg University of California, San Francisco
  • Andrea M. Letamendi University of California, Los Angeles

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2018.1535

Keywords:

Extraversion, Identity, Involvement with media characters

Abstract

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.

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Published

2018-09-15

Issue

Vol. 28 (2018): The Future of Fandom

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2018 Robin S. Rosenberg, Andrea M Letamendi

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