Aptitude is not enough: How personality and behavior predict academic performance

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-346

  Conard, Maureen A ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attendance; Behavioral mediator; GPA; Personality traits; SAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646436457     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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