“…In light of the inconsistent findings from previous research on personality and FSRH, previous research on how personality may contribute to SRH and health behaviors was used to guide the hypotheses. Collectively this research indicates that high Conscientiousness and Extraversion, and low Neuroticism are consistently associated with SRH, whereas Agreeableness and Openness have shown less consistent links to SRH (see Löckenhoff et al for a review [24] Conscientiousness, with its emphasis on self-discipline and organization, and Agreeableness, which features cooperation with others, reflect a general respect for social convention that is conducive to engaging in health-promoting behaviours [21,12,27,22], and fewer health risky behaviors [28,29]. In contrast, Neuroticism is associated with engaging in health risky behaviors [21,28], and with fewer health promoting behaviors [21,12].…”