Abstract
To examine the prospective association of personality with individual behavior, multibehavior and clustered health behavior profiles. A prospective study design was employed. Two hundred young adults provided baseline data and 126 (mean age: 21.6 yrs) provide complete data for a 5-month follow-up assessment (63% response rate). Personality and health behaviors (and covariates) were assessed via validated questionnaires. A multibehavior index variable was created ranging from 0-5; two separate health behavior cluster indices were created, including high (4-5 behaviors) vs. low (2 or fewer) behavior adoption and an energy balance cluster (MVPA and diet). When examining MVPA as a continuous variable, the personality trait conscientiousness was prospectively associated with MVPA and a healthy diet. Extraversion was prospectively associated with high (vs. low) behavioral clustering (OR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.00-1.40) and conscientiousness was prospectively associated with energy balance clustering (OR = 1.09; 95% CI: 1.01-1.17). Extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness were associated with select health-related behaviors. Further, extraversion and conscientiousness were associated with health behavior clustering.
Highlights
To examine the prospective association of personality with individual behavior, multibehavior and clustered health behavior profiles
Loprinzi (2015a) demonstrated that the adoption of more health behaviors was associated with reduced odds of multimorbidity, whereas the two health behavior clusters associated with multimorbidity were physical activity and sleep as well as physical activity and nonsmoking
The differential clustering effect may be unique to the health outcome as, recently, Loprinzi (2016b) demonstrated that the health behavior clusters of physical activity and nonsmoker as well as diet and sleep were associated with lower levels of systemic inflammation
Summary
To examine the prospective association of personality with individual behavior, multibehavior and clustered health behavior profiles. Health-enhancing behaviors such as physical activity, smoking avoidance, non-heavy alcohol abuse, healthy eating, and adequate sleep, may help to prevent morbidity and mortality (Loprinzi, 2016a; Loprinzi, Branscum, Hanks, & Smit, 2016; Loprinzi & Mahoney, 2014; Noble et al, 2016) Adopting such individual health behaviors may help to delay the onset of disability and attenuate the rate of functional decline (Lee et al, 2012). In addition to these potential antecedents to multibehavior and behavioral clustering, personality trait characteristics plausibly play an important role in single, multibehavior, and behavioral clustering change
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
