Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance of adolescents

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 939-944

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a   Seligman, Martin E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 30344487239     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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