Personality characteristics in adolescence predict long-term changes in body fatness.
Five personality characteristics were assessed in 312 adolescent boys and girls, and investigated in relation to the change in body fat percentage over 22 years of follow up. Boys with low levels of Social Inadequacy and girls with high levels of Recalcitrance showed relatively large gains in body fat percentage.
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. lando.koppes@tno.nl
Lando L J
LL
Koppes
Michiel R
MR
de Boer
David
D
Samoocha
Irene M T
IM
Kreuk
Frans
F
Pouwer
Jos W R
JW
Twisk
Willem
W
van Mechelen
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D050154:Adiposity / Q000502:physiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness