| Literature DB >> 29056783 |
Angelina R Sutin1, Yannick Stephan2, Martina Luchetti1, Ashley Artese1, Atsushi Oshio3, Antonio Terracciano1.
Abstract
A sedentary lifestyle is harmful for health; personality traits may contribute to physical (in)activity. With participant-level data from 16 samples (N>125,000), we examined the personality correlates of physical inactivity, frequency of physical activity, and sedentary behavior (in a subset of samples). Lower Neuroticism and higher Conscientiousness were associated with more physical activity and less inactivity and sedentary behavior. Extraversion and Openness were also associated with more physical activity and less inactivity, but these traits were mostly unrelated to specific sedentary behaviors (e.g., TV watching). The results generally did not vary by age or sex. The findings support the notion that the interest, motivational, emotional, and interpersonal processes assessed by five-factor model traits partly shape the individual's engagement in physical activity.Entities:
Keywords: conscientiousness; five factor model; personality; physical activity; sedentary behavior
Year: 2016 PMID： 29056783 PMCID： PMC5650243 DOI： 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.05.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Res Pers ISSN： 0092-6566