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Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife.

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Brummett, BH; Siegler, IC; Day, RS; Costa, PT
Published in: Behav Med
2008

The authors evaluated the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) as a predictor of dietary quality in 850 married couples, focusing on associations among each participant's personality as a predictor of their own dietary quality and their spouses' dietary quality. Diet was based on a modified version of the US Department of Agriculture Healthy Eating Index. Openness was associated with self-ratings of dietary quality for wives (r = .28) and husbands (r = .27). Wives' levels of the characteristic openness were also related to their spouses' ratings of dietary quality (r = .22). The primary facets of openness accounting for the domain-level findings were O2-aesthetics and O4-actions. The remaining personality domains (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) were not associated with self or spousal ratings of dietary quality (rs = .08-.09). Openness was associated with healthy eating habits--findings that may affect disease prevention during, midlife.

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Behav Med

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ISSN

0896-4289

Publication Date

2008

Volume

34

Issue

1

Start / End Page

5 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Spouses
  • Social Environment
  • Sex Factors
  • Self Concept
  • Reference Values
  • Public Health
  • Personality Assessment
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Brummett, B. H., Siegler, I. C., Day, R. S., & Costa, P. T. (2008). Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife. Behav Med, 34(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.3200/BMED.34.1.5-10
Brummett, Beverly H., Ilene C. Siegler, R Sue Day, and Paul T. Costa. “Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife.Behav Med 34, no. 1 (2008): 5–10. https://doi.org/10.3200/BMED.34.1.5-10.
Brummett BH, Siegler IC, Day RS, Costa PT. Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife. Behav Med. 2008;34(1):5–10.
Brummett, Beverly H., et al. “Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife.Behav Med, vol. 34, no. 1, 2008, pp. 5–10. Pubmed, doi:10.3200/BMED.34.1.5-10.
Brummett BH, Siegler IC, Day RS, Costa PT. Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife. Behav Med. 2008;34(1):5–10.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behav Med

DOI

ISSN

0896-4289

Publication Date

2008

Volume

34

Issue

1

Start / End Page

5 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Spouses
  • Social Environment
  • Sex Factors
  • Self Concept
  • Reference Values
  • Public Health
  • Personality Assessment
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male