Analysis reveals personality traits predict exercise enjoyment and stress reduction among participants, suggesting targeted programs may enhance outcomes.
Correction: Personality traits can predict which exercise intensities we enjoy most, and the magnitude of stress reduction experienced following a training programme* Correspondence: f.ronca@ucl.ac.uk Keywords: same as original articleCorrection on: full citation of the original version of the article. Error in author listIn the published article, there was an error in the author list, and author Flaminia Ronca was erroneously not listed as the corresponding author. The corrected author list appears below.Flaminia Ronca*, Benjamin Tari, Cian Xu, Paul W. BurgessThe authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.Error in figure/tableWrong contentThere was a mistake in table [3] and table [4] as published. Both tables are missing the columns for estimates and confidence intervals. The corrected table [3 and 4] appears below. Table 3. Multiple linear regression output for each component of baseline physical fitness following backward elimination. The full models included all Big Five personality traits, age and sex.Estimate95% CI[LL, UL]pdfFR2R2 adjDV: V̇O2peak Extraversion1.15[0.36, 1.93].006Sex (Male)6.83[3.60, 10.10]<.001Regression<.0012, 12013.380.150.13DV: Anaerobic threshold Extraversion1.40[0.74, 2.05]<.001Sex (Male)4.57[1.84, 7.30].002Regression<.0012, 12011.330.160.14DV: Peak power output Extraversion8.06[3.01, 13.11].003Age0.98[0.18, 1.78].018Sex (Male)99.56[79.70, 120.40]<.001Regression<.0013, 11935.40.470.46DV: Heart rate RecoveryNeuroticism-2.19[-3.58, -0.81].0031, 669.540.130.12DV: Press-ups Conscientiousness2.17[0.91, 3.36]<.001Age-0.29[-0.47, -0.11].001Sex (Male)23.32[18.74, 27.90]<.001Regression<.0013, 11833.130.480.44DV: Plank timeConscientiousness3.97[0.06, 7.89].0461, 1224.06.03.02DV: PA weekly hoursConscientiousness0.62[0.22, 1.22].002Sex (Male)2.15[0.64, 3.66].014Regression.0012, 1067.200.120.11DV: Body fat %Conscientiousness-.56[-1.10, -.01].039Age.20[.12, .28]<.001Sex (Male)-7.76[-9.80, <.001Regression<.0013, 12423.430.360.35DV: Muscle Mass Age.18[.09, .27]<.001Sex (Male)17.96[15.61, 20.30]<.001Regression<.0012, 125128.80.670.67Note: Full models included all Big Five personality traits + Sex + Age, predictors were removed via backward elimination until all variables were significant (p < .05)EstimateCI[LL, UL]pdfFR2R2 adjDV: Enjoyed stretchingNeuroticism0.18[0.03, 0.33].0231, 325.58.15.12DV: Enjoyed strength session0.10[-0.04, 0.24] .181,501.99.04.03DV: Enjoyed lab low intensity sessionNeuroticism-0.25[-0.42, -0.08].0051, 438.74.17.15DV: Enjoyed easy long rideAgreeableness0.24[0.01, 0.27].0491, 424.11.09.07DV: Enjoyed threshold rideNeuroticism-0.19[-0.35, -0.03].02411.29Openness-0.25[-0.40, -0.09.00515.13Sex (Male)-0.63[-1.21, -0.05].03114.73Regression.0153, 513.85.18.14Model: Enjoyed high intensity interval rideExtraversion0.21[0.01, 0.43].03110.68Openness-0.40[-0.65, -0.15].00419.10Regression.0121, 464.89.18.14DV: Enjoyed lab V̇O2peak testExtraversion0.13[0.02, 0.25].0391, 1174.32.04.03Table 4. Multiple linear regression outputs predicting enjoyment of each exercise session with personality traits following backward elimination. The full models included all Big Five personality traits, age and sex.The original version of this article has been updated.Figure/table captionThere was a mistake in the caption of Tables 3 and 4 as published. A clarification has been added. The corrected caption of Tables 3 and 4 appears below. Table 3. Multiple linear regression output for each component of baseline physical fitness following backward elimination. The full models included all Big Five personality traits, age and sex.Table 4. Multiple linear regression outputs predicting enjoyment of each exercise session with personality traits following backward elimination. The full models included all Big Five personality traits, age and sex.The original version of this article has been updated.MISSING FIGURE Wrong contentThere was a mistake in the results section, where Figure 4 is missing. Figure 4 and related information are included below. Figure 4 should be cited in the following sentence at the end of the results section under "Intervention Outcomes". "Furthermore, participants who scored high on neuroticism reported a greater decrease in stress after the intervention, F(1,49) = 9.94, p = 0.003, R2adj = 0.15 (Figure 4).Below is the caption for the figure, and the figure itselfFigure 4. Relationship between neuroticism scores and changes in stress after the 8-week period. The prediction was significant in the intervention group only (R2 = .17, p = .003)
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