Data on the personality of dancers is sparse, and existing studies generally use small samples and heterogeneous measures of personality across studies. We investigated Big Five personality profiles of dancers in two large representative samples from Sweden ( = 5435) and Germany ( = 574). Musicians have previously been found to be more open, agreeable and neurotic than control participants who were not performing artists. We hypothesized that professional dancers would also be more open and more extraverted than non-dancers. Further, we explored the personalities of dancers of different dance styles. Results showed that the personality of dancers is indeed more open, extraverted, agreeable, but less neurotic, than people who do not dance, and dance school entrepreneurs, who are both dancers and entrepreneurs, even more so. Thus, dancers and musicians share high levels of openness, while neuroticism differentiates them. Furthermore, dancers and singers share high levels of extraversion, perhaps reflecting that, in dancing and singing, the performers' own body is the means of expression. Finally, some personality differences between dance styles were observed. Yet, these could be due to other factors than dance style choice; we discuss that these may reflect many factors, including musical genre preferences and social context.

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舞者个性：德国和瑞典舞者与非舞者的比较

关于舞者性格的数据很少，现有的研究通常使用小样本和异质的性格测量方法。我们在来自瑞典 (= 5435) 和德国 (= 574) 的两个大型代表性样本中调查了舞者的“大五人格”特征。此前发现音乐家比非表演艺术家的对照组参与者更开放、更友善、更神经质。我们假设职业舞者也会比非舞者更加开放和外向。此外，我们还探讨了不同舞蹈风格的舞者的个性。结果显示，舞者的性格确实比不跳舞的人更加开放、外向、随和，但不那么神经质，而既是舞者又是企业家的舞蹈学校企业家更是如此。因此，舞者和音乐家都具有高度的开放性，而神经质则使他们与众不同。此外，舞蹈家和歌手都具有高度的外向性，这或许反映出，在舞蹈和歌唱中，表演者自己的身体是表达的手段。最后，观察到舞蹈风格之间的一些个性差异。然而，这些可能是由于舞蹈风格选择之外的其他因素造成的。我们讨论这些可能反映了许多因素，包括音乐流派偏好和社会背景。