TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanisms of health
T2 - Education and health-related behaviours partially mediate the relationship between conscientiousness and self-reported physical health
AU - Lodi-Smith, Jennifer
AU - Jackson, Joshua
AU - Bogg, Tim
AU - Walton, Kate
AU - Wood, Dustin
AU - Harms, Peter
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from National Institute of Aging (AG211778).
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - The personality trait of conscientiousness is an important predictor of health and longevity. The present research examined how conscientiousness, in combination with educational attainment and health-related behaviours, predicted self-reported physical health across adulthood. These relations were investigated in two studies, one using a large, representative sample of Illinois residents (N = 617) and the other using a community sample with a multi-method assessment of conscientiousness (N = 274). Across both studies, structural path analyses provided evidence for a model wherein conscientiousness predicted health, in part, through its relationship to both educational attainment and health-related behaviours. The findings suggest conscientiousness predicts health through a diverse set of mechanisms including, but not limited to, educational attainment and health-related behaviours.
AB - The personality trait of conscientiousness is an important predictor of health and longevity. The present research examined how conscientiousness, in combination with educational attainment and health-related behaviours, predicted self-reported physical health across adulthood. These relations were investigated in two studies, one using a large, representative sample of Illinois residents (N = 617) and the other using a community sample with a multi-method assessment of conscientiousness (N = 274). Across both studies, structural path analyses provided evidence for a model wherein conscientiousness predicted health, in part, through its relationship to both educational attainment and health-related behaviours. The findings suggest conscientiousness predicts health through a diverse set of mechanisms including, but not limited to, educational attainment and health-related behaviours.
KW - Conscientiousness
KW - Education
KW - Health
KW - Health-related behaviours
KW - Personality
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U2 - 10.1080/08870440902736964
DO - 10.1080/08870440902736964
M3 - Article
C2 - 20204934
AN - SCOPUS:77951179119
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 25
SP - 305
EP - 319
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 3
ER -