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The Influence of Chronotype and Grit on Lifestyle and Physical Activity
Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal (2020)
  • Melody F Allee, Oral Roberts University
  • Sarah E Anderson, Oral Roberts University
  • Myra J Bloom, Oral Roberts University
  • Scarlet R. Jost, Oral Roberts University
  • Donald P Keating III, Oral Roberts University
  • Andrew S I D Lang, Oral Roberts University
  • Nancy V Mankin, Oral Roberts University
  • Zachary W Mast, Oral Roberts University
  • Philip P. Nelson, Oral Roberts University
  • Esther M. Spear, Oral Roberts University
  • Enrique F. Valderrama, Oral Roberts University
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Abstract
Background:  The chronotype of a person refers to an individual's natural sleep-wake cycle and whether that individual prefers morning or evening activities, and grit is an individual's perseverance and passion for long-term goals.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between grit, chronotype, physical activity, and leading a healthy lifestyle in college-age students.
Methods:  Health and fitness data (i.e., chronotype, grit, lifestyle assessment score, and daily steps) from 431 first-semester university students at a private college were collected and analyzed. 
Results: This study found that grit and chronotype both have significant correlations with living a healthy lifestyle and with physical activity. Grit more accurately predicts a person's lifestyle (β = -13.712, r = 0.39, p < 0.0001) while chronotype more accurately predicts the physical activity, or steps, of a person (β = 66.48, r = .19, p = .0001). Chronotype can also accurately predict the grit of a person (r = .25, p < .0001), and it was found that morning people tend to have more grit.
Conclusions:  This study concluded that grit, chronotype, steps, and a healthy lifestyle are all significantly correlated with each other. Knowing the relationship between endogenous chronotype, grit, and living a physically active and healthy lifestyle can help inform policy decisions related to the goal of strengthening an institution's inclusive and healthy academic community.
Keywords
  • chronotype,
  • college students,
  • grit,
  • healthy lifestyle,
  • MEQ,
  • physically active lifestyle,
  • steps
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 6, 2020
DOI
10.18061/bhac.v4i2.7617
Citation Information
Melody F Allee, Sarah E Anderson, Myra J Bloom, Scarlet R. Jost, et al.. "The Influence of Chronotype and Grit on Lifestyle and Physical Activity" Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal Vol. 4 Iss. 2 (2020) p. 57 - 70 ISSN: 2573-7643
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew-sid-lang/34/
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