Physical activity and personality development  over twenty years: Evidence from three longitudinal samples

Stéphan, Yannick; Sutin, Angelina R.; Luchetti, Martina; Bosselut, Grégoire; Terracciano, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2018.02.005

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“…This conclusion may also have important consequences: (1) Other psychological mechanisms have to be considered responsible for the observed relationship between physical activity and creativity. It might be hypothesized that the personality trait openness to experiences may serve as a potentially mediating variable, because it goes along with creativity and physical activity 63 , 64 . (2) To promote creativity, the induction of PAA plus the engagement in physical activity separately might be more fruitful in contrast to one strategy alone.…”

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Everyday bodily movement is associated with creativity independently from active positive affect: a Bayesian mediation analysis approach

Rominger

Fink

Weber

et al. 2020

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previous (predominantly) laboratory studies reported positive relations of physical activity (or everyday bodily movement) with executive functioning, some even showed effects on creative thinking. Furthermore, positive-activated affect was found to be positively associated with everyday bodily movements and creativity. the mechanisms, however, underlying these relationships are poorly understood. The aim of this study was twofold: Firstly, we investigated whether everyday bodily movement was associated with creative performance. Secondly, we examined if positiveactivated affect may mediate the association between bodily movement and creative performance. In a sample of 79 participants everyday bodily movement was recorded during five consecutive days using accelerometers. Creativity in the figural and verbal domain was assessed with performance tests, along with self-reported positive-activated affect as a trait. Findings revealed that creativity, positive-activated affect, and everyday bodily movement were associated with each other. However, positive-activated affect did not mediate the association between everyday bodily movement and creative performance. The pattern of findings argues for shared variance between bodily movement and creativity (fluency and originality) that is largely independent from variations in positive-activated affect. It is well-known that physical activity has many beneficial effects on physical health. A physically active lifestyle goes along with decreases in blood pressure, protects against chronic (e.g., type 2 diabetes) and cardiovascular diseases, and decreases the risk for several types of cancer 1-3. Beyond physical health and life expectancy 4,5 , beneficial effects of physical activity may expand to mental health (e.g., decreased depressive symptoms 6) and psychological well-being 7-11. In addition, studies showed a positive association between physical activity and a broad range of cognitive skills 12-17 , however, Young and colleagues 18 did not find an association between physical activity and cognition. Performance gains were often seen in comparatively basic types of cognitive functions, such as indicators derived from the Stroop task, or speed/accuracy measures in different attention or memory tasks 12,17. Only a limited number of studies investigated the effects of physical activity on cognitive functions such as divergent thinking/ creativity, which has indeed been found to be sensitive to physical activity interventions 19,20. Gondola and Tuckman 21 were among the first who showed improved verbal creative performance (measured by means of an Alternate Uses task, AUT 22) after participation in a running intervention 23,24. Cavallera et al. 25 found a positive association between the elaboration performance in a figural creative ideation task (Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, TTCT 26) and the self-reported hours of sport activities per week (but see the work of Ramocki 27 for a verbal creativity task). The association between self-reported physical activity and cre...

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Everyday bodily movement is associated with creativity independently from active positive affect: a Bayesian mediation analysis approach

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“…Previous studies have found that chronic illness, such as cancer, are associated with detrimental personality changes [73,74], it seems to be crucial to find interventions that can counterbalance such changes. If prior studies have found PA may prevent maladaptive personality development among people without chronic disease [75,76], no study has investigated the extent to which PA for patients with MBC may be associated with personality change. ABLE02 study will be the first to test the effect of PA interventions on personality traits development among MBC patients.…”

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Design and methods of a national, multicenter, randomized and controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a physical activity program to improve health-related quality of life and reduce fatigue in women with metastatic breast cancer: ABLE02 trial

Delrieu¹,

Anota²,

Trédan³

et al. 2020

BMC Cancer

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Background: Patients with a metastatic breast cancer suffer from a deteriorated health-related quality of life and numerous symptoms such as pain, severe fatigue and a decrease of their physical fitness. As the feasibility of a physical activity program has been demonstrated in this population, ABLE02 aims to assess the efficacy of a 6 month-physical activity program using connected devices to improve health-related quality of life and to reduce fatigue in women with metastatic breast cancer. Methods: ABLE02 is a prospective, national, multicenter, randomized, controlled and open-label study. A total of 244 patients with a metastatic breast cancer, with at least one positive hormone receptor and a first-line chemotherapy planned, will be randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to: (i) the intervention arm to receive physical activity recommendations, an activity tracker to wear 24 h a day during the whole intervention (6 months) with at least three weekly walking sessions and quizzes each week on physical activity and nutrition (ii) the control arm to receive physical activity recommendations only. Health-related quality of life will be assessed every 6 weeks and main assessments will be conducted at baseline, M3, M6, M12 and M18 to evaluate the clinical, physical, biological and psychological parameters and survival of participants. All questionnaires will be completed on a dedicated application.

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“…This has been supported by numerous observational studies that examined associations between personality and health behaviors. In terms of physical activity, higher conscientiousness has been associated with more time spent in physical activity, physical inactivity was related to a steeper decline in conscientiousness, and lower neuroticism and higher conscientiousness were associated with more physical activity, less inactivity, and sedentary behavior (Allen, Magee, et al, 2017; Stephan et al, 2018; Sutin et al, 2016). Studies using Aβ PET in cognitively normal older adults have shown that higher levels of self-reported physical activity are associated with lower levels of Aβ (Brown, Peiffer, & Martins, 2013; Head et al, 2012; Liang et al, 2010; Okonkwo et al, 2014), consistent with the hypothesis that exercise modulates Aβ production and clearance through direct and indirect pathways.…”

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Conscientiousness is associated with less amyloid deposition in cognitively normal aging.

Yoon¹,

Baker

Korman

et al. 2020

Psychology and Aging

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Little is known about the association between personality and Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers, and existing results are inconsistent. We aimed to determine whether personality was associated with ␤-amyloid (A␤) accumulation in cognitively normal aging. One hundred twenty-nine participants were included in this cross-sectional study. Personality was measured with the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and brain A␤ deposition was assessed with [ 11 C] Pittsburgh compound B (PiB)-positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Conscientiousness scores had a negative association with global PiB distribution volume ratio (DVR) in all participants after adjusting for age, sex, education, and vascular risk factors (␤[SE] ϭ Ϫ0.19[0.09], 95% confidence interval [CI: Ϫ0.35, Ϫ0.02], p ϭ .031), while agreeableness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness had no association with global PiB DVR. Assuming the relative stability of personality traits, these findings suggest that conscientiousness may protect against A␤ accumulation in cognitively normal aging through mechanisms that are as yet unknown.

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Physical activity and personality development over twenty years: Evidence from three longitudinal samples

Cited by 25 publications

References 46 publications

Everyday bodily movement is associated with creativity independently from active positive affect: a Bayesian mediation analysis approach

Everyday bodily movement is associated with creativity independently from active positive affect: a Bayesian mediation analysis approach

Design and methods of a national, multicenter, randomized and controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a physical activity program to improve health-related quality of life and reduce fatigue in women with metastatic breast cancer: ABLE02 trial

Conscientiousness is associated with less amyloid deposition in cognitively normal aging.

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