Activity Engagement and Activity-Related Experiences: The Role of Personality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The associations of personality with activity participation and well-being have been well studied. However, less is known concerning the relationship between personality and specific aspects of activity engagement in older adults. We conducted a fine-grained examination of the effects of extraversion and conscientiousness on reported activity engagement-which we define as participation, time allocated, and affective experience-during 8 everyday activities.

Method

Data were obtained using a day reconstruction measure from a subgroup of participants in the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (HRS: N = 5,484; mean age = 67.98 years).

Results

We found mixed support for hypotheses suggesting that specific personality traits would be associated with activity partici

SUBMITTER: Newton NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178970 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature