Personality traits and physical functioning: a cross-sectional multimethod facet-level analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to investigate whether personality traits and their facets are associated with a multi-methods assessment of physical activity and walking performance and whether they explain the discrepancy between self-reported and accelerometer-assessed physical activity.

Methods

The participants were community-dwelling, 70-85-year-old men and women from Finland (n = 239) who were part of a clinical trial. Personality traits and their facets were measured using the 240-item NEO Personality Inventory-3. Physical activity was assessed using questions about frequency, intensity and duration of exercise (self-reported metabolic equivalent minutes (MET)) and by tri-axial accelerometers (light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and total MET-minutes). Walkin

SUBMITTER: Kekalainen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature