A recent survey conducted by a British professor trying to find links between personality and music taste has concluded that rap music listeners have outgoing personalities.

According to ITN, more than 36,000 people around the world took part in the survey and were asked to rate 104 musical styles while answering questions about their personality.

The survey found that rap fans are outgoing while heavy metal fans are gentle and lazy.

The survey also found that indie music listeners lack self-esteem, pop music fans are uncreative and country/western fans are hard-working. Fans of jazz and classical music tended to be self-confident and innovative.

“We have always suspected a link between music taste and personality.  This is the first time that we've been able to look at it in real det ail.  No-one has ever done this on this scale before,” said Heriot-Watt University professor Adrian North.  “People do actually define themselves through music and relate to other people through it but we haven't known in detail how music is connected to identity.”