Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

BACKGROUND: Personality reflects relatively stable and pervasive tendencies in feeling, thinking and behaving. While previous studies have found higher extraversion and lower neuroticism to be linked to higher self-reported physical activity levels, larger studies using accelerometer-measured physic...

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Autores principales: Kekäläinen, Tiia, Laakkonen, Eija K., Terracciano, Antonio, Savikangas, Tiina, Hyvärinen, Matti, Tammelin, Tuija H., Rantalainen, Timo, Törmäkangas, Timo, Kujala, Urho M., Alen, Markku, Kovanen, Vuokko, Sipilä, Sarianna, Kokko, Katja
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01669-7
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author Kekäläinen, Tiia
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Terracciano, Antonio
Savikangas, Tiina
Hyvärinen, Matti
Tammelin, Tuija H.
Rantalainen, Timo
Törmäkangas, Timo
Kujala, Urho M.
Alen, Markku
Kovanen, Vuokko
Sipilä, Sarianna
Kokko, Katja
author_facet Kekäläinen, Tiia
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Terracciano, Antonio
Savikangas, Tiina
Hyvärinen, Matti
Tammelin, Tuija H.
Rantalainen, Timo
Törmäkangas, Timo
Kujala, Urho M.
Alen, Markku
Kovanen, Vuokko
Sipilä, Sarianna
Kokko, Katja
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description BACKGROUND: Personality reflects relatively stable and pervasive tendencies in feeling, thinking and behaving. While previous studies have found higher extraversion and lower neuroticism to be linked to higher self-reported physical activity levels, larger studies using accelerometer-measured physical activity are lacking. This study investigated the cross-sectional associations of extraversion and neuroticism with both accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity and the role of these personality traits in possible discrepancies between these two measures of physical activity among Finnish adults. METHODS: Two community-dwelling samples were used in this study: a) 47–55-yr-old women (n = 1098) and b) 70–85-yr-old women and men (n = 314). In both samples, extraversion and neuroticism were assessed by the 19-item short form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Physical activity was assessed with hip-worn tri-axial accelerometers and self-reported questions. Regression analyses were adjusted by age, BMI and education. RESULTS: In the middle-aged women, neuroticism was negatively associated with accelerometer-measured leisure time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (β = −.07, p = .036) and with self-reported physical activity (β = −.08, p = .021), while extraversion was positively associated with self-reported physical activity (β = .10, p = .005). No associations of extraversion or neuroticism with physical activity were found in the older men and women. Older adults who scored high in neuroticism reported less physical activity than what was measured by accelerometers (β = −.12, p = .039). Extraversion was not associated with discrepancy between self-reported and accelerometer-measured leisure time physical activity in either sample. CONCLUSIONS: Neuroticism was associated with lower leisure-time physical activity levels and extraversion with higher self-reported physical activity among middle-aged women. Neuroticism and extraversion were unrelated to physical activity among older adults, but older adults with high neuroticism seemed to underreport their physical activity level. The role of personality in the discrepancy between self-reported and device-based physical activity warrants further research.
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spelling pubmed-73918082020-08-04 Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies Kekäläinen, Tiia Laakkonen, Eija K. Terracciano, Antonio Savikangas, Tiina Hyvärinen, Matti Tammelin, Tuija H. Rantalainen, Timo Törmäkangas, Timo Kujala, Urho M. Alen, Markku Kovanen, Vuokko Sipilä, Sarianna Kokko, Katja BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Personality reflects relatively stable and pervasive tendencies in feeling, thinking and behaving. While previous studies have found higher extraversion and lower neuroticism to be linked to higher self-reported physical activity levels, larger studies using accelerometer-measured physical activity are lacking. This study investigated the cross-sectional associations of extraversion and neuroticism with both accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity and the role of these personality traits in possible discrepancies between these two measures of physical activity among Finnish adults. METHODS: Two community-dwelling samples were used in this study: a) 47–55-yr-old women (n = 1098) and b) 70–85-yr-old women and men (n = 314). In both samples, extraversion and neuroticism were assessed by the 19-item short form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Physical activity was assessed with hip-worn tri-axial accelerometers and self-reported questions. Regression analyses were adjusted by age, BMI and education. RESULTS: In the middle-aged women, neuroticism was negatively associated with accelerometer-measured leisure time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (β = −.07, p = .036) and with self-reported physical activity (β = −.08, p = .021), while extraversion was positively associated with self-reported physical activity (β = .10, p = .005). No associations of extraversion or neuroticism with physical activity were found in the older men and women. Older adults who scored high in neuroticism reported less physical activity than what was measured by accelerometers (β = −.12, p = .039). Extraversion was not associated with discrepancy between self-reported and accelerometer-measured leisure time physical activity in either sample. CONCLUSIONS: Neuroticism was associated with lower leisure-time physical activity levels and extraversion with higher self-reported physical activity among middle-aged women. Neuroticism and extraversion were unrelated to physical activity among older adults, but older adults with high neuroticism seemed to underreport their physical activity level. The role of personality in the discrepancy between self-reported and device-based physical activity warrants further research. BioMed Central 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7391808/ /pubmed/32727379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01669-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Kekäläinen, Tiia
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Terracciano, Antonio
Savikangas, Tiina
Hyvärinen, Matti
Tammelin, Tuija H.
Rantalainen, Timo
Törmäkangas, Timo
Kujala, Urho M.
Alen, Markku
Kovanen, Vuokko
Sipilä, Sarianna
Kokko, Katja
Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title_full Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title_fullStr Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title_full_unstemmed Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title_short Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
title_sort accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01669-7
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