Pathways from childhood socioemotional characteristics and cognitive skills to midlife health behaviours.

Objective: This longitudinal study investigated the pathways from childhood socioemotional characteristics and cognitive skills to health behaviours in midlife. Participants in the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS) were followed from age 8 ( = 369) to age 50 ( = 271). Outcomes included physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI) assessed at ages 36, 42 and 50.