Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Brummett, BH; Siegler, IC; Day, RS; Costa, PT
Published Date
- 2008
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 34 / 1
Start / End Page
- 5 - 10
PubMed ID
- 18400684
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC2391304
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0896-4289
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3200/BMED.34.1.5-10
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States