Although previous research has established relationships between perceived parenting styles and
children’s deviant behaviours and links between these behaviours and a liking for intense and
rebellious music, no research has explored the associations between perceived parenting styles and
children’s liking for different music styles. Whereas previous research has considered musical taste
by looking at a small number of individual difference variables in isolation from one another, the
present research used a cross-sectional correlational design to investigate whether parenting styles,
the Big Five personality traits, sensation seeking, age, and gender were associated with a liking
for different music styles. In total, 336 Australians completed an online, self-report questionnaire.
Analyses demonstrated there were relationships between five of the six parenting style variables and
five of the music styles considered. This indicates that various parenting styles were associated with
musical taste, and the nature of these associations extends well beyond those concerning rebellious
music and neglectful parenting that have been identified by previous research