Personality traits and health-related behaviors in medical students facing a stressful event.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is believed that personality traits have an impact on the propensity to change and maintain favorable lifestyle habits. This issue has been raised by multiple studies, however, none of them appeared to focus on population under severe psychological stress. The aim of the present study was to investigate the link between personality traits and health-related behaviors and measures such as dietary intake of specific food products, physical activity, body-mass index and the use of cigarettes in medical students facing a stressful event.

Methods

The study included a cohort of third-year medical students from the Medical University of Lodz, Poland, facing a stressful subject exam during the first COVID-19-related lockdown. At baseline, personality traits were evalua

SUBMITTER: Tokarek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10602886 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature