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Abstract
Prior work shows that the Big Five are associated with goals and values. However, we know less about whether personality traits are related to health values, if these associations vary by age and sex, and whether health values explain the associations between personality traits and health behaviors. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a sample of Dutch adults (N = 1,986–2,876, 53% female, age = 17–91) we found that Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness were positively, and Openness to Experience was negatively, associated with health values. However, there were some different patterns in these associations by age and sex. Longitudinal mediation models showed that personality traits predicted physical activity and excessive alcohol consumption, but health values did not mediate the associations.
期刊介绍:
Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.