Not the exercise type? Personality traits and anxiety sensitivity as predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time

Hearon, Bridget A.; Harrison, Thomas

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“…The use of two samples and of both accelerometers and self-reports to assess physical activity are the major strengths of this study. Although the PASSWORD sample was relatively inactive and the ERMA sample did not include men, both samples are large compared to previous studies using accelerometers [18][19][20]22] and the results thus contribute to knowledge on the relationship between personality and different measures of physical activity. The ERMA sample showed relatively high amount of MVPA per day (whole day 49.7 ± 25.9 min) compared, for example, to Canadian women aged 40-59 (approximately 24 min/day) [3] and Norwegian women aged 20-64 (36 min/day) [4].…”

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“…This is important, especially among older adults whose daily activity is mainly light intensity [17]. Accelerometer studies have not reported consistent associations with personality traits [18][19][20][21][22]. This may be due to relatively small sample sizes and the use of convenience samples of active older adults (n = 69) [20], obese middle-aged men and women (n = 235) [18], college women (n = 294) [19] and young men and women (n = 64) [22].…”

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Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

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Background: Personality reflects relatively stable and pervasive tendencies in feeling, thinking and behaving. While previous studies have found higher extraversion and lower neuroticism to be linked to higher self-reported physical activity levels, larger studies using accelerometer-measured physical activity are lacking. This study investigated the cross-sectional associations of extraversion and neuroticism with both accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity and the role of these personality traits in possible discrepancies between these two measures of physical activity among Finnish adults. Methods: Two community-dwelling samples were used in this study: a) 47-55-yr-old women (n = 1098) and b) 70-85-yr-old women and men (n = 314). In both samples, extraversion and neuroticism were assessed by the 19-item short form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Physical activity was assessed with hip-worn tri-axial accelerometers and self-reported questions. Regression analyses were adjusted by age, BMI and education. Results: In the middle-aged women, neuroticism was negatively associated with accelerometer-measured leisure time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (β = −.07, p = .036) and with self-reported physical activity (β = −.08, p = .021), while extraversion was positively associated with self-reported physical activity (β = .10, p = .005). No associations of extraversion or neuroticism with physical activity were found in the older men and women. Older adults who scored high in neuroticism reported less physical activity than what was measured by accelerometers (β = −.12, p = .039). Extraversion was not associated with discrepancy between self-reported and accelerometermeasured leisure time physical activity in either sample.

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Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

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“…In our sensitivity analysis we additionally excluded those diagnosed with anxiety or other psychiatric disorders during the first 5 years after inclusion. Nonetheless, it is not possible to eliminate other factors that may lead to reverse causation, such as the influence of individual personality traits to exercise engagement and anxiety disorder vulnerability (11,21,26,69). Therefore, we identify a need for future studies to gain deeper knowledge about the impact of these confounding psychological factors, taking both environmental, genetic, and epigenetic background into account.…”

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“…Contrariwise, there are also studies indicating that physical activity may not reduce anxiety symptoms (23,24), or at least not as much as psychopharmaceuticals do (23,25). Further, it has been argued that the association between high physical activity and a lower risk of getting diagnosed with anxiety disorders may be driven by reverse causation (26)(27)(28)(29). For instance, anxious symptoms before diagnosis may prevent vulnerable individuals from engaging in physical activity.…”

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Physical Activity Is Associated With Lower Long-Term Incidence of Anxiety in a Population-Based, Large-Scale Study

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Physical activity may prevent anxiety, but the importance of exercise intensity, sex-specific mechanisms, and duration of the effects remains largely unknown. We used an observational study design to follow 395,369 individuals for up to 21 years to investigate if participation in an ultralong-distance cross-country ski race (Vasaloppet, up to 90 km) was associated with a lower risk of developing anxiety. Skiers in the race and matched non-skiers from the general population were studied after participation in the race using the Swedish population and patient registries. Skiers (n = 197,685, median age 36 years, 38% women) had a significantly lower risk of developing anxiety during the follow-up compared to non-skiers (adjusted hazard ratio, HR 0.42). However, among women, higher physical performance (measured as the finishing time to complete the race, a proxy for higher exercise dose) was associated with an increased risk of anxiety compared to slower skiing women (HR 2.00). For men, the finishing time of the race did not significantly impact the risk of anxiety. Our results support the recommendations of engaging in physical activity to decrease the risk of anxiety in both men and women. The impact of physical performance level on the risk of anxiety requires further investigations among women.

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“…Walk test performance depends on a variety of factors outside the cardiorespiratory system, namely, age, height, weight, gender, muscle strength, musculoskeletal disorders, nutritional status and cognitive function (Heresi and Dweik, 2011). Even such factors as motivation, agreeableness, anxiety, and the amount of the physical effort expended may influence the walked distance (Hearon and Harrison, 2020). No special encouragement in free-living activities may be the reason why most individuals have not reached the reference walking distance, which is in agreement with the observation in Blagev et al (2019).…”

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Detection of Walk Tests in Free-Living Activities Using a Wrist-Worn Device

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Exercise testing to assess the response to physical rehabilitation or lifestyle interventions is administered in clinics thus at best can be repeated only few times a year. This study explores a novel approach to collecting information on functional performance through walk tests, e.g., a 6-min walk test (6MWT), unintentionally performed in free-living activities. Walk tests are detected in step data provided by a wrist-worn device. Only those events of minute-to-minute variation in walking cadence, which is equal or lower than the empirically determined maximal SD (e.g., 5-steps), are considered as walk test candidates. Out of detected walk tests within the non-overlapping sliding time interval (e.g., 1-week), the one with the largest number of steps is chosen as the most representative. This approach is studied on a cohort of 99 subjects, assigned to the groups of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and healthy subjects below and over 40-years-old, who were asked to wear the device while maintaining their usual physical activity regimen. The total wear time was 8,864 subject-days after excluding the intervals of occasionally discontinued monitoring. About 82% (23/28) of patients with CVD and 88% (21/24) of healthy subjects over 40-years-old had at least a single 6MWT over the 1st month of monitoring. About 52% of patients with CVD (12/23) and 91% (19/21) of healthy subjects over 40-years-old exceeded 500 m. Patients with CVD, on average, walked 46 m shorter 6MWT distance (p = 0.04) compared to healthy subjects. Unintentional walk testing is feasible and could be valuable for repeated assessment of functional performance outside the clinical setting.

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Not the exercise type? Personality traits and anxiety sensitivity as predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time

Cited by 16 publications

References 50 publications

Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

Physical Activity Is Associated With Lower Long-Term Incidence of Anxiety in a Population-Based, Large-Scale Study

Detection of Walk Tests in Free-Living Activities Using a Wrist-Worn Device

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