TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-related behaviour and personality trait development in adulthood
T2 - Journal of Research in Personality
AU - Allen, M. S.
AU - Vella, S. A.
AU - Laborde, S.
N1 - Cw5rd Times Cited:0 Cited References Count:51
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This investigation explored the contribution of a healthy lifestyle to personality trait stability and change during adulthood. A nationally representative sample of 11,133 Australian adults completed self-report measures of health-related behaviour and personality traits at baseline (2010) and again four years later (2014). Results showed that physical activity and alcohol intake, and to a lesser extent diet and cigarette smoking, were important for mean-level change and intra-individual stability of personality for all trait dimensions. Moreover, positive health behaviours were associated with less of a decrease in extraversion and more of an increase in openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness over four years. These findings suggest that healthy living might help to facilitate desirable personality trait stability and change during adulthood. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - This investigation explored the contribution of a healthy lifestyle to personality trait stability and change during adulthood. A nationally representative sample of 11,133 Australian adults completed self-report measures of health-related behaviour and personality traits at baseline (2010) and again four years later (2014). Results showed that physical activity and alcohol intake, and to a lesser extent diet and cigarette smoking, were important for mean-level change and intra-individual stability of personality for all trait dimensions. Moreover, positive health behaviours were associated with less of a decrease in extraversion and more of an increase in openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness over four years. These findings suggest that healthy living might help to facilitate desirable personality trait stability and change during adulthood. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KW - five-factor model physical activity smoking diet fruit and vegetable alcohol consumption physical-activity vegetable intake alcohol involvement cigarette-smoking colorectal-cancer pooled analysis 5-factor model heart-disease metaanalysis cohort
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.005
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 59
SP - 104
EP - 110
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
ER -