Child socioemotional behavior and adult temperament as predictors of physical activity and sedentary behavior in late adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies investigating the association of temperament with physical activity and sedentary behavior have examined children or adolescents, employed cross-sectional or longitudinal designs that do not extend from childhood into adulthood, and utilized self- or parent-reported data on physical activity and sedentary behavior. This longitudinal study investigated whether socioemotional behavior in childhood and temperament in middle adulthood predict accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in late adulthood.

Methods

This study was based on the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS). Socioemotional behavior (behavioral activity, well-controlled behavior, negative emotionality) was assessed at age 8 based o

SUBMITTER: Ahola J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10280976 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature