Personality predicts academic performance: Evidence from two longitudinal university samples

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-338

  Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Big Five; EPQ; Exam marks; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042205284     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00578-0     Document Type: Article

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