Personality and attitudinal correlates of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles in young adults Export

@article{steptoe_et_al_1994, abstract = {The relationship between healthy lifestyle and personality and attitudinal variables was analyzed with data collected from 809 men and 996 women aged 18–30 years in England, Belgium, Finland and Norway as part of the European Health and Behaviour Survey. A health practices index was constructed on the basis of performance of sixteen behaviours including smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, sleep time and a variety of dietary and preventive practices. Scores on the health practices index were higher in women than men, but in both sexes the index was normally distributed. Consistently healthy practices were positively correlated with extraversion and optimism, and negatively associated with neuroticism, psychoticism and chance locus of control beliefs. These effects were maintained after controlling for social desirability, but together accounted for only a modest proportion of the variance in the health practices index. The results are discussed in relation to the factors characterising health conscious and unhealthy lifestyles.}, author = {Steptoe, Andrew and Wardle, Jane and Vinck, Jan and Tuomisto, Martti and Holte, Arne and Wichstr{\o}m, Lars}, citeulike-article-id = {3501855}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870449408407492}, doi = {10.1080/08870449408407492}, journal = {Psychology \& Health}, keywords = {attitude, behaviour, health, neuroticism, psychology, stress, wellbeing}, number = {5}, pages = {331--343}, posted-at = {2008-11-10 21:41:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Personality and attitudinal correlates of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles in young adults}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870449408407492}, volume = {9}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - steptoe_et_al_1994 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3501855 N2 - The relationship between healthy lifestyle and personality and attitudinal variables was analyzed with data collected from 809 men and 996 women aged 18–30 years in England, Belgium, Finland and Norway as part of the European Health and Behaviour Survey. A health practices index was constructed on the basis of performance of sixteen behaviours including smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, sleep time and a variety of dietary and preventive practices. Scores on the health practices index were higher in women than men, but in both sexes the index was normally distributed. Consistently healthy practices were positively correlated with extraversion and optimism, and negatively associated with neuroticism, psychoticism and chance locus of control beliefs. These effects were maintained after controlling for social desirability, but together accounted for only a modest proportion of the variance in the health practices index. The results are discussed in relation to the factors characterising health conscious and unhealthy lifestyles. IS - 5 JF - Psychology & Health EP - 343 TI - Personality and attitudinal correlates of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles in young adults PB - Routledge VL - 9 SP - 331 KW - attitude KW - behaviour KW - health KW - neuroticism KW - psychology KW - stress KW - wellbeing AU - Steptoe, Andrew AU - Wardle, Jane AU - Vinck, Jan AU - Tuomisto, Martti AU - Holte, Arne AU - Wichstrøm, Lars PY - 1994/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870449408407492 ER -