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Healthy habits: The connection between diet, exercise, and locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 98 (2014) C, pp. 1-28
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals’ locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly … individuals with an internal locus of control are more likely to eat well and exercise regularly. This link remains once controls … control seem to expect higher health returns to their investments in diet and exercise. In contrast, women with an internal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743946
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Healthy habits: The connection between diet, exercise, and locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; … - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly … are more likely to eat well and exercise regularly. This link cannot be explained by the extent to which they are future … diet and exercise. In contrast, women with an internal locus of control maintain healthy habits because they derive greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287644
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Healthy Habits: The Connection between Diet, Exercise, and Locus of Control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly … are more likely to eat well and exercise regularly. This link cannot be explained by the extent to which they are future … diet and exercise. In contrast, women with an internal locus of control maintain healthy habits because they derive greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156460
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Healthy habits : the connection between diet, exercise, and locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Schurer, Stefanie - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 98 (2014), pp. 1-28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379461
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Neuroticism and sport: How personality affects lifestyle in the UK
Cherodian, Rowan; Gschwandtner, Adelina; Jewell, Sarah L.; … - 2022
the main ways recommended to help improve neuroticism is exercise but our results indicate that neurotic individuals are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480453
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Neuroticism and sport : how personality affects lifestyle in the UK
Cherodian, Rowan; Gschwandtner, Adelina; Jewell, Sarah L.; … - 2022
the main ways recommended to help improve neuroticism is exercise but our results indicate that neurotic individuals are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013464068
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An investigation into the stability of the big-five in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2017
This paper investigates the stability of the Big-Five personality traits based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 2005, 2009, and 2013. The results indicate that the population means only show little variance over the eight year time frame. There is no link between age and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776705
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An investigation into the stability of the big-five in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2017
This paper investigates the stability of the Big-Five personality traits based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 2005, 2009, and 2013. The results indicate that the population means only show little variance over the eight year time frame. There is no link between age and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715823
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The stability of big-five personality traits
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 1, pp. 11-15
We demonstrate that Big-Five personality traits are stable for working-age adults over a four-year period. Mean population changes are small and constant across age groups. Intra-individual changes are generally unrelated to adverse life events and are not economically meaningful.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010572192
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Two economists' musings on the stability of locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2011
Empirical studies of the role of non-cognitive skills in driving economic behavior often rely heavily on the assumption that these skills are stable over the relevant time frame. We analyze the change in a specific non-cognitive skill, i.e. locus of control, in order to directly assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278759