Publications [#276171] of Ilene C. Siegler

Journal Articles

1. Brummett, BH; Siegler, IC; Day, RS; Costa, PT (2008). Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife.. Behavioral Medicine (Washington, D.C.), 34(1), 5-10. [18400684], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/01/01)

   Abstract:
   The authors evaluated the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) as a predictor of dietary quality in 850 married couples, focusing on associations among each participant's personality as a predictor of their own dietary quality and their spouses' dietary quality. Diet was based on a modified version of the US Department of Agriculture Healthy Eating Index. Openness was associated with self-ratings of dietary quality for wives (r = .28) and husbands (r = .27). Wives' levels of the characteristic openness were also related to their spouses' ratings of dietary quality (r = .22). The primary facets of openness accounting for the domain-level findings were O2-aesthetics and O4-actions. The remaining personality domains (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) were not associated with self or spousal ratings of dietary quality (rs = .08-.09). Openness was associated with healthy eating habits--findings that may affect disease prevention during, midlife.