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Association of personality with the development and persistence of obesity: a meta‐analysis based on individual–participant data
- Source :
- Obesity Reviews, Obesity Reviews, Wiley, 2013, 14 (4), pp.315-23. ⟨10.1111/obr.12007⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2012.
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Abstract
- International audience; Personality is thought to affect obesity risk but before such information can be incorporated into prevention and intervention plans, robust and converging evidence concerning the most relevant personality traits is needed. We performed a meta-analysis based on individual-participant data from nine cohort studies to examine whether broad-level personality traits predict the development and persistence of obesity (n = 78,931 men and women; mean age 50 years). Personality was assessed using inventories of the Five-Factor Model (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience). High conscientiousness - reflecting high self-control, orderliness and adherence to social norms - was associated with lower obesity risk across studies (pooled odds ratio [OR] = 0.84; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.80-0.88 per 1 standard deviation increment in conscientiousness). Over a mean follow-up of 5.4 years, conscientiousness predicted lower obesity risk in initially non-obese individuals (OR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.85-0.92; n = 33,981) and was associated with greater likelihood of reversion to non-obese among initially obese individuals (OR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.01-1.14; n = 9,657). Other personality traits were not associated with obesity in the pooled analysis, and there was substantial heterogeneity in the associations between studies. The findings indicate that conscientiousness may be the only broad-level personality trait of the Five-Factor Model that is consistently associated with obesity across populations.
- Subjects :
- Male
Persistence (psychology)
obesity
Databases, Factual
Personality Inventory
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
MESH: Logistic Models
MESH: Aged, 80 and over
0302 clinical medicine
Odds Ratio
MESH: Obesity
030212 general & internal medicine
Big Five personality traits
media_common
Aged, 80 and over
MESH: Aged
315–323
MESH: Middle Aged
Longitudinal analysis
Middle Aged
Neuroticism
Observational Studies as Topic
MESH: Young Adult
Female
Personality Assessment Inventory
Psychology
Etiology and Pathophysiology
Adult
Agreeableness
Adolescent
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personality obesity reviews (2013) 14
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
MESH: Personality
Humans
Personality
MESH: Observational Study as Topic
Aged
MESH: Adolescent
MESH: Humans
Extraversion and introversion
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
MESH: Adult
Conscientiousness
MESH: Databases, Factual
MESH: Odds Ratio
MESH: Male
meta-analysis
MESH: Personality Inventory
Logistic Models
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
personality
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
MESH: Female
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1467789X and 14677881
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obesity Reviews
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbe0c71aaf2880179be5f129b5277b18