Neuroticism and academic achievement: The Furneaux Factor as a measure of academic rigour

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-11

  McKenzie, James ^a   Taghavi Khonsary, Mahdad ^a   Tindell, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic rigour; Academic standards; Furneaux factor; Neuroticism; Personality and academic achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216348     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(99)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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