Personality traits and general intelligence as predictors of academic performance: A structural equation modelling approach
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Summary, in English
The aim of the present study was to investigate the extent to which personality traits, after controlling for general intelligence, predict academic performance in different school subjects. Upper secondary school students in Sweden (N=315) completed the Wonderlic IQ test (Wonderlic, 1992) and the IPIP-NEO-PI test (Goldberg, 1999). A series of hierarchical structural equation models showed that general intelligence, Conscientiousness, Extraversion and Neuroticism were significantly linked to overall academic performance. There were also different findings for a lower level of personality traits, e.g. different personality traits were associated with different subjects. The findings are discussed with regard to previous results on personality traits as determinants of academic performance in different school subjects and the fact that lower level traits may facilitate achievement in particular subjects. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
590-596
Publication/Series
Learning and Individual Differences
Volume
21
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Pergamon Press Ltd.
Topic
- Psychology
Keywords
- Big Five
- General intelligence
- Academic performance
- Structural
- equation modelling
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1041-6080