Who are those healthy behaved? The analysis of the relationship between personality and health-related behavior
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences |
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| Web | http://www.futureacademy.org.uk/files/images/upload/15_4630_7303_fullText.pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.15 |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | Health related behaviour; personality traits; responsibility; emotional stability; sociability |
| Description | The paper is focused on health-related behavior. The study forms part of a large research project with the title “Health-Enhancing and Health-Threatening Behavior: Determinants, Models, and Consequences“ (GA13- 19808S). The purpose of this study is to find a relationship between personality variables (measured using GPP-I questionnaire) and health-related behavior (measured using the Health-Related Behavior Scale, Dosedlová et al., 2013). The research sample of this study consisted of N=650 undergraduates (61.1% women and 38.9% men) aged 18-26 years. In cluster analysis, three different life styles were defined using ten health-related factors. Superhealthy behaved students, unlike those healthy and unhealthy behaved, are represented much more frequently by women than men living in a partnership. Correlation analysis and analyses of variance were conducted to examine whether students with different health-related life-styles differ in chosen personal characteristics. As indicated by the results, there is a tight relationship between personality and life style. In university graduates, the strongest relationship was found between health-related behavior and personality traits: responsibility and stability (the lower the responsibility and stability, the more unhealthy the life style). A tendency connected with the sociability trait is interesting: the higher the sociability, the higher the tendency to produce some of the extreme behavior types (unhealthy or super-healthy). A hypothesis is formulated regarding the effect of increasing probability of the conception and protective action of the primary family setting on the choice of health-related behavior. |
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