Mendolia Silvia, Walker Ian
School of Economics, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, Australia.
Health Econ. 2014 Sep;23(9):1146-58. doi: 10.1002/hec.3043. Epub 2014 Mar 27.
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits and health behaviours in adolescence using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and work ethics at ages 15-16 years on the incidence of health behaviours such as alcohol consumption, cannabis and other drug use, unprotected and early sexual activity and sports and physical activity. We use matching methods to control for a very rich set of adolescent and family characteristics, and we find that personality traits do affect health behaviours. In particular, individuals with external locus of control, low self-esteem or with low levels of work ethics seem more likely in engage in risky health behaviours.
本文利用一项近期开展的大型队列研究，调查了青少年时期人格特质与健康行为之间的关系。具体而言，我们研究了15至16岁时的控制点、自尊和职业道德对饮酒、吸食大麻及其他毒品、无保护及过早性行为以及体育活动等健康行为发生率的影响。我们使用匹配方法来控制一系列非常丰富的青少年和家庭特征，并且发现人格特质确实会影响健康行为。特别是，具有外部控制点、低自尊或职业道德水平较低的个体似乎更有可能从事有风险的健康行为。
