<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Socioeconomic Status on Sara Weston</title><link>https://sarajweston.com/tags/socioeconomic-status/</link><description>Recent content in Socioeconomic Status on Sara Weston</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sarajweston.com/tags/socioeconomic-status/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Body mass in US adolescents: Stronger ties to socioeconomic status than personality</title><link>https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-body-2022/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-body-2022/</guid><description>In about 9,500 US adolescents, parental socioeconomic status was more strongly associated with body mass percentile than any personality trait or cognitive ability. Narrow personality traits added a little more prediction than the Big Five.</description></item><item><title>Personality traits predict dietary habits in middle-to-older adults</title><link>https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-personality-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-personality-2020/</guid><description>In 665 middle-aged adults from the Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort, traits such as conscientiousness and openness were associated with eating more healthy and fewer unhealthy foods. The associations did not differ by socioeconomic status.</description></item></channel></rss>