Health-related behaviour and personality trait development in adulthood |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland;2. Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland;3. Translational Neuromodeling Unit (TNU), Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland;4. Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Five-factor model Physical activity Smoking Diet Fruit and vegetable Alcohol consumption |
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