Quantitative correlational design shows significant association between conscientiousness and healthy lifestyle in student activists, suggesting personality impacts health practices.
Key Points
The study aimed to investigate how conscientiousness relates to healthy living behaviors among student activists.
Quantitative correlational design used with 230 undergraduate student activists.
Data collected via the conscientiousness subscale of the Big Five Inventory and Healthy Living Behavior Scale.
Data analyzed using Pearson’s product–moment correlation.
Significant positive correlation found between conscientiousness and healthy living behaviors (r = 0.456, p < 0.001).
Most respondents scored within the moderate range for both conscientiousness and healthy living behaviors.
The cross-sectional design limits capacity to infer causation.