HUMMUS - Humans Making Music 2

HUMMUS is a follow-up to Humans Making Music, which was conducted in 2012. One of the aim of HUMMUS is to study the association between individual characteristics, such as personality, aptitude, interest, and sensitivity to reward, and expertise in music and sports performance, as well as cultural engagement. Another aim was to study the associations between cultural engagement, well-being and health. Genetic data collected within STAGE is used to study the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors in these associations. Data collection for HUMMUS was carried out by the Swedish Twin Registry during 2022 and 2023. It targeted twins aged 37–63 years (born 1959-1985), both twin pairs and individual twins, where at least one individual had participated in STAGE. The study cohort included both monozygotic and dizygotic twins, regardless of sex combination. In total, approximately 28,800 individuals were contacted, of whom about 9,540 participated, corresponding to a response rate of 33%. Participants were asked to complete a web-based questionnaire covering topics such as music and sports engagement, creativity, well-being, and personality. The following question areas are included: ACIPS - Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale BIS/BAS - Behavioral Activation and Behavioral Inhibition Scales BMRS - Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire BFI - Big Five Inventory, in general and during musical or professional practice CAQ - Creative Achievement Questionnaire Cultural engagement Divergent thinking Engagement in sports Musical childhood environment NPI - Narcissistic Personality Inventory Primals Inventory (62 items) Profession SFPQ - Swedish Flow Proneness Questionnaire, during sports practice Synesthesia TROSCI - Trait Robustness of Self-Confidence Inventory UCLA - loneliness scale (4 items) Weight and height WHO-10 - World Health Organization Well-Being Index