A sedentary lifestyle is harmful for health; personality traits may contribute to physical (in)
activity. With participant-level data from 16 samples (N> 125,000), we examined the
personality correlates of physical inactivity, frequency of physical activity, and sedentary
behavior (in a subset of samples). Lower Neuroticism and higher Conscientiousness were
associated with more physical activity and less inactivity and sedentary behavior.
Extraversion and Openness were also associated with more physical activity and less …