Longitudinal Studies of Conscientiousness and Health

责任心与健康的纵向研究

• 批准号: 6923641
• 负责人: BRENT W ROBERTS
• 金额: $ 37.85万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6923641
• 关键词: age difference; attitude; behavior test; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; health behavior; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); human subject; interview; longevity; longitudinal human study; personality; psychological models; quality of life; social behavior; socioenvironment; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite established Links to longevity, the role of conscientiousness in the health process has not been systematically studied, nor have the effects of aging on the relationship between conscientiousness and health been investigated. Two longitudinal studies are proposed to test the relationship between conscientiousness and the social environmental factors and health-related behaviors that contribute to health and longevity. Pilot data are reported which suggest that a comprehensive model of conscientiousness is linked to many of the health behaviors and social environmental factors that contribute to health and longevity. Also, data is presented showing significant increases in conscientiousness and decreases in risky health behaviors with age. Building on these initial findings, the proposed research has three aims. The first aim is to fully delineate the relationships among conscientiousness, health-related behaviors, and the social environmental factors that affect health and longevity using multiple methods. The second aim is to test how age affects the relationships among conscientiousness, health-related behaviors, and social environmental factors. The third aim is to perform follow-up assessments of two age-stratified samples in order to test the relationship between changes in conscientiousness and changes in the health behaviors and social environmental factors that contribute to better health. The proposed research is significant for four reasons. First, conscientiousness, through its relationship to health behaviors and social environmental factors, may be one of the most important, yet under-appreciated contributors to positive health outcomes across the life course. Second, the effect of age on the relationship of conscientiousness to these health factors is unknown and the proposed studies will provide the most definitive test of the effect of aging on these relationships. Third, increases in conscientiousness across the life course may facilitate even greater improvements in health behaviors and social environmental factors that, in turn, contribute to positive health outcomes. And fourth, this research will allow us to identify the social environmental factors that promote increases in conscientiousness and decreases in risky health behaviors.

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管与寿命建立了建立联系，但尚未系统地研究尽职尽责的健康过程中的作用，也没有研究衰老对认真度和健康之间关系的影响。提出了两项​​纵向研究，以测试尽责性与社会环境因素和与健康相关的行为之间有助于健康和寿命之间的关系。报道了试点数据，这表明一个认真的全面模型与许多有助于健康和寿命的健康行为和社会环境因素有关。此外，还提供了数据，显示出认真度的显着增加，并随着年龄的增长而危险的健康行为降低。在这些初步发现的基础上，拟议的研究具有三个目标。第一个目的是充分描述认真性，与健康相关的行为以及使用多种方法影响健康和寿命的社会环境因素之间的关系。第二个目的是测试年龄如何影响认真性，与健康相关的行为和社会环境因素之间的关系。第三个目的是对两个年龄分层的样本进行后续评估，以测试认真度的变化与健康行为变化与有助于改善健康的社会环境因素之间的关系。拟议的研究很重要，原因有四个。首先，通过与健康行为和社会环境因素的关系，尽职尽责，可能是对整个生活过程中积极健康成果的最重要但不受欢迎的贡献者之一。其次，年龄对尽责与这些健康因素关系的关系的影响尚不清楚，拟议的研究将为衰老对这些关系的影响提供最明确的检验。第三，在整个生活过程中的尽责性提高可能会促进健康行为和社会环境因素的更大改善，而社会环境因素反过来又有助于积极的健康成果。第四，这项研究将使我们能够确定社会环境因素，从而促进认真度增加并减少风险的健康行为。