Intellectual ability, learning style, personality, achievement motivation and academic success of psychology students in higher education

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1057-1068

  Busato, Vittorio V ^a   Prins, Frans J ^b   Elshout, Jan J ^a   Hamaker, Christiaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0034358210     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00253-6     Document Type: Article

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