HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors
Background Personality traits are known factors that may influence levels of physical activity and other healthy lifestyle measures and behaviors that ultimately lead to health problems later in life. Participants and procedure The aim of this study was to examine the association between personalit...
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| author | Jonathan R. Anderson Myra J. Bloom Wyatt T. Broshous Gladys Y. X. Chen Scarlet R. Jost Andrew Lang Luiz C. Lima da Silva Neto Nancy V. Mankin Ericka R. McMahan Jonathan A. Merheb Philip P. Nelson Enrique F. Valderrama-Araya |
| author_facet | Jonathan R. Anderson Myra J. Bloom Wyatt T. Broshous Gladys Y. X. Chen Scarlet R. Jost Andrew Lang Luiz C. Lima da Silva Neto Nancy V. Mankin Ericka R. McMahan Jonathan A. Merheb Philip P. Nelson Enrique F. Valderrama-Araya |
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| description | Background
Personality traits are known factors that may influence levels of physical activity and other healthy lifestyle measures and behaviors that ultimately lead to health problems later in life.
Participants and procedure
The aim of this study was to examine the association between personality traits (HEXACO) and levels of physical activity and resting heart rate (RHR) – measured using Fitbits, BMI, and a self-reported whole-person healthy lifestyle score for N = 2580 college students. Data were collected and analyzed for students enrolled in a University Success type course from August 2017 to May 2021. The relationships between HEXACO personality traits and various physical activity and healthy lifestyle behaviors were analyzed by building several multiple regression models using R version 4.0.2.
Results
In general, students who are extraverted were more physically active and students who are more open to experience had a higher RHR, even when controlling for gender. Females and males however had different profiles as to how personality influenced physical activity and other health-related measures. Male extraverts with high negative emotionality scores tend to be more physically active, whereas females tend to be more physically active when they were high in extroversion and conscientiousness, and low in openness to experience. BMI values were higher for female participants with high honesty-humility and low agreeableness and conscientiousness scores. Females also had a lower RHR for high honesty-humility and emotionality and low conscientiousness scores.
Conclusions
Personality can influence levels of physical activity, RHR, and BMI. This is especially true of women. Being aware of one’s personality and the relationship of personality traits to levels of physical activity and other measures of leading a healthy lifestyle can be beneficial in determining strategies to improve long-term health outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dbd4ce9df1546c6beab8315b3b680992024-04-11T09:10:01ZengTermedia Publishing HouseCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology2353-41922353-561X2023-03-01121111910.5114/cipp/159157159157HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviorsJonathan R. Anderson0Myra J. Bloom1Wyatt T. Broshous2Gladys Y. X. Chen3Scarlet R. Jost4Andrew Lang5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9922-1414Luiz C. Lima da Silva Neto6Nancy V. Mankin7Ericka R. McMahan8Jonathan A. Merheb9Philip P. Nelson10Enrique F. Valderrama-Araya11Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USAOral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USABackground Personality traits are known factors that may influence levels of physical activity and other healthy lifestyle measures and behaviors that ultimately lead to health problems later in life. Participants and procedure The aim of this study was to examine the association between personality traits (HEXACO) and levels of physical activity and resting heart rate (RHR) – measured using Fitbits, BMI, and a self-reported whole-person healthy lifestyle score for N = 2580 college students. Data were collected and analyzed for students enrolled in a University Success type course from August 2017 to May 2021. The relationships between HEXACO personality traits and various physical activity and healthy lifestyle behaviors were analyzed by building several multiple regression models using R version 4.0.2. Results In general, students who are extraverted were more physically active and students who are more open to experience had a higher RHR, even when controlling for gender. Females and males however had different profiles as to how personality influenced physical activity and other health-related measures. Male extraverts with high negative emotionality scores tend to be more physically active, whereas females tend to be more physically active when they were high in extroversion and conscientiousness, and low in openness to experience. BMI values were higher for female participants with high honesty-humility and low agreeableness and conscientiousness scores. Females also had a lower RHR for high honesty-humility and emotionality and low conscientiousness scores. Conclusions Personality can influence levels of physical activity, RHR, and BMI. This is especially true of women. Being aware of one’s personality and the relationship of personality traits to levels of physical activity and other measures of leading a healthy lifestyle can be beneficial in determining strategies to improve long-term health outcomes.https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/HEXACO-personality-factors-as-predictors-of-physical-activity-resting-heart-rate,159157,0,2.htmlpersonalityphysical activityresting heart ratebody mass indexhealthy lifestyle |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan R. Anderson Myra J. Bloom Wyatt T. Broshous Gladys Y. X. Chen Scarlet R. Jost Andrew Lang Luiz C. Lima da Silva Neto Nancy V. Mankin Ericka R. McMahan Jonathan A. Merheb Philip P. Nelson Enrique F. Valderrama-Araya HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors Current Issues in Personality Psychology personality physical activity resting heart rate body mass index healthy lifestyle |
| title | HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| title_full | HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| title_fullStr | HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| title_full_unstemmed | HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| title_short | HEXACO personality factors as predictors of physical activity, resting heart rate, body mass index, and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| title_sort | hexaco personality factors as predictors of physical activity resting heart rate body mass index and healthy lifestyle behaviors |
| topic | personality physical activity resting heart rate body mass index healthy lifestyle |
| url | https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/HEXACO-personality-factors-as-predictors-of-physical-activity-resting-heart-rate,159157,0,2.html |
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