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ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2022

Conscientiousness and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Test of the Health Behavior Model of Personality Using Structural Equation Modeling.

Mark C Thomas, Katherine A Duggan, Thomas W Kamarck, Aidan G C Wright, Matthew F Muldoon, Stephen B Manuck

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Article in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Mark C ThomasDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9208-4197
Katherine A DugganDepartment of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
Thomas W KamarckDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Aidan G C WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Matthew F MuldoonCardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Stephen B ManuckDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

Substrates of Threat and Reward Sensitivity and CVD RiskP01HL040962 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ERICKSON, KIRK I · 1988 to 2022
$31.1M
CARDIOVASCULAR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007560 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Peter J Gianaros, REBECCA C THURSTON · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS L30 HL143741NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL040962NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigh trait conscientiousness is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk, and health behaviors are a putative but relatively untested pathway that may explain this association. PURPOSE: To explore the role of key health behaviors (diet, physical activity, substance use, and sleep) as links between conscientiousness and cardiometabolic risk.

methodsIn a cross-sectional analysis of 494 healthy, middle-aged working adults (mean age = 42.7 years, 52.6% women, 81.0% White), participants provided self-reports of conscientiousness, physical activity, substance use, diet, and sleep, and wore monitors over a 7-day monitoring period to assess sleep (Actiwatch-16) and physical activity (SenseWear Pro3). Cardiometabolic risk was expressed as a second-order latent variable from a confirmatory factor analysis involving insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and blood pressure. Direct, indirect, and specific indirect effect pathways linking conscientiousness to health behaviors and cardiometabolic risk were examined. Unstandardized indirect effects for each health behavior class were computed separately using bootstrapped samples.

resultsAfter controlling for demographics (sex, age, race, and education), conscientiousness showed the predicted, inverse association with cardiometabolic risk. Among the examined health behaviors, objectively-assessed sleep midpoint variability (b = -0.003, p = .04), subjective sleep quality (b = -0.003, p = .025), and objectively-assessed physical activity (b = -0.11, p = .04) linked conscientiousness to cardiometabolic risk.

conclusionsPhysical activity and sleep partially accounted for the relationship between conscientiousness and cardiometabolic risk.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth BehaviorAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleMiddle AgedPersonalityCardiometabolic riskConscientiousnessDietHealth behaviorsMetabolic syndromePhysical activitySleepSubstance use

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PMID33871021
PMCPMC8691392

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