TY - JOUR
T1 - Conscientiousness is a predictor of diurnal preference
AU - Hogben, Alexandra L.
AU - Ellis, Jason
AU - Archer, Simon N.
AU - Von Schantz, Malcolm
N1 - Funding information: The lead author is the recipient of a studentship funded by the Surrey Sleep Research Centre. The authors wish to acknowledge the help of Brian E. Cade with database management.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The relationship between diurnal preference, as measured by the Horne-Östberg questionnaire, and quantifiable personality traits was investigated in 617 participants. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis demonstrated that out of the personality variables, conscientiousness was the single biggest predictor of diurnal preference (β=0.246), after controlling for depression, sleep disorders, shift work, age, gender, and demographic characteristics. Morningness has previously been associated with physiological parameters of the circadian clock and with polymorphisms in circadian clock genes, suggesting the possibility that conscientiousness, too, may be linked to the same parameters.
AB - The relationship between diurnal preference, as measured by the Horne-Östberg questionnaire, and quantifiable personality traits was investigated in 617 participants. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis demonstrated that out of the personality variables, conscientiousness was the single biggest predictor of diurnal preference (β=0.246), after controlling for depression, sleep disorders, shift work, age, gender, and demographic characteristics. Morningness has previously been associated with physiological parameters of the circadian clock and with polymorphisms in circadian clock genes, suggesting the possibility that conscientiousness, too, may be linked to the same parameters.
KW - Circadian rhythms
KW - Interindividual differences
KW - Personality
U2 - 10.1080/07420520701791596
DO - 10.1080/07420520701791596
M3 - Article
C2 - 18075811
AN - SCOPUS:37149000283
SN - 0742-0528
VL - 24
SP - 1249
EP - 1254
JO - Chronobiology International
JF - Chronobiology International
IS - 6
ER -