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Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis
PURPOSE: Based on theoretical predictions from human capital theory, the aim of this exploratory study is to analyze the relationship between experimentally elicited, incentivized economic preference parameters, Big Five and Grit personality traits, cognitive ability, and the Alameda Seven lifestyle...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35082543 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S333968 |
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description | PURPOSE: Based on theoretical predictions from human capital theory, the aim of this exploratory study is to analyze the relationship between experimentally elicited, incentivized economic preference parameters, Big Five and Grit personality traits, cognitive ability, and the Alameda Seven lifestyles: smoking, drinking excessively, being overweight or obese, experiencing stress, following a healthy diet, exercising, and sleeping enough. In addition, self-reported general physical and mental health are analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data collection took place in an incentivized paper-and-pencil experiment. Undergraduate students were recruited as subjects, with the requirement that they be freshmen, but no restrictions based on gender, major, or age. A pre-test and three experimental sessions were conducted in March and in April 2018, with a total of 178 subjects participating. After deleting observations with missing values, a total of n = 138 subjects remained. Regression analysis (multivariate probit models, resulting marginal effects and changes in predicted probabilities of adopting a lifestyle for “ideal types”) was used to analyze and compare the determinants of the Alameda Seven health behaviors. RESULTS: Findings suggest that preference parameters, a measure of cognitive ability, and Big Five personality traits are statistically significantly estimated in regressions for the determinants of adopting Alameda Seven health behaviors, but the Grit score is only statistically significantly estimated in a regression for the determinants of reported better general mental health. CONCLUSION: The findings regarding preference parameters partly lend support to predictions from human capital theory and partly confirm previous findings in health psychology. Those results might be explained by the relatively small sample size and the inclusion of a measure of cognitive ability in addition to personality traits and preferences. |
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spelling | pubmed-87863882022-01-25 Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis Bessey, Donata Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research PURPOSE: Based on theoretical predictions from human capital theory, the aim of this exploratory study is to analyze the relationship between experimentally elicited, incentivized economic preference parameters, Big Five and Grit personality traits, cognitive ability, and the Alameda Seven lifestyles: smoking, drinking excessively, being overweight or obese, experiencing stress, following a healthy diet, exercising, and sleeping enough. In addition, self-reported general physical and mental health are analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data collection took place in an incentivized paper-and-pencil experiment. Undergraduate students were recruited as subjects, with the requirement that they be freshmen, but no restrictions based on gender, major, or age. A pre-test and three experimental sessions were conducted in March and in April 2018, with a total of 178 subjects participating. After deleting observations with missing values, a total of n = 138 subjects remained. Regression analysis (multivariate probit models, resulting marginal effects and changes in predicted probabilities of adopting a lifestyle for “ideal types”) was used to analyze and compare the determinants of the Alameda Seven health behaviors. RESULTS: Findings suggest that preference parameters, a measure of cognitive ability, and Big Five personality traits are statistically significantly estimated in regressions for the determinants of adopting Alameda Seven health behaviors, but the Grit score is only statistically significantly estimated in a regression for the determinants of reported better general mental health. CONCLUSION: The findings regarding preference parameters partly lend support to predictions from human capital theory and partly confirm previous findings in health psychology. Those results might be explained by the relatively small sample size and the inclusion of a measure of cognitive ability in addition to personality traits and preferences. Dove 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8786388/ /pubmed/35082543 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S333968 Text en © 2022 Bessey. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Bessey, Donata Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title | Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title_full | Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title_fullStr | Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title_short | Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis |
title_sort | determinants of lifestyle choices among south korean college students: an experimental analysis |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35082543 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S333968 |
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