Are personality and behavioral measures of impulse control convergent or distinct predictors of health behaviors? Export

@article{citeulike:5184917, abstract = {Both traditional personality measures of impulse control and behavioral measures of impulse control have been shown to predict health behaviors. Despite a strong conceptual overlap between these two approaches to measuring impulse control, it is unclear how these two modes of measurement converge. We tested three different models relating behavioral and personality measures to a broad measure of health behaviors. Participants ( N  = 147) completed a series of behavioral measures of impulse control along with a lexically-based adjective checklist for conscientiousness, and Eysenck's I 7 impulsiveness scale. Participants' personalities were also evaluated via peer-ratings. Health behaviors were assessed using the health behaviors checklist (HBC). Across most domains of health behaviors both types of measures operated as parallel independent predictors.}, author = {Edmonds, Grant W. and Bogg, Tim and Roberts, Brent W.}, citeulike-article-id = {5184917}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.006}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092656609001639}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.006}, issn = {00926566}, journal = {Journal of Research in Personality}, keywords = {behaviours, cognition, control, health, impulsiveness, personality, traits}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {806--814}, posted-at = {2009-09-22 09:37:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Are personality and behavioral measures of impulse control convergent or distinct predictors of health behaviors?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.006}, volume = {43}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5184917 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5184917 N2 - Both traditional personality measures of impulse control and behavioral measures of impulse control have been shown to predict health behaviors. Despite a strong conceptual overlap between these two approaches to measuring impulse control, it is unclear how these two modes of measurement converge. We tested three different models relating behavioral and personality measures to a broad measure of health behaviors. Participants ( N  = 147) completed a series of behavioral measures of impulse control along with a lexically-based adjective checklist for conscientiousness, and Eysenck’s I 7 impulsiveness scale. Participants’ personalities were also evaluated via peer-ratings. Health behaviors were assessed using the health behaviors checklist (HBC). Across most domains of health behaviors both types of measures operated as parallel independent predictors. IS - 5 JF - Journal of Research in Personality SN - 00926566 EP - 814 TI - Are personality and behavioral measures of impulse control convergent or distinct predictors of health behaviors? VL - 43 SP - 806 KW - behaviours KW - cognition KW - control KW - health KW - impulsiveness KW - personality KW - traits AU - Edmonds, Grant AU - Bogg, Tim AU - Roberts, Brent PY - 2009/10/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.006 ER -