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SUBMITTER: Sutin AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5650243 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of research in personality 20160507
A sedentary lifestyle is harmful for health; personality traits may contribute to physical (in)activity. With participant-level data from 16 samples (<i>N</i>>125,000), we examined the personality correlates of physical inactivity, frequency of physical activity, and sedentary behavior (in a subset of samples). Lower Neuroticism and higher Conscientiousness were associated with more physical activity and less inactivity and sedentary behavior. Extraversion and Openness were also associated with ...[more]