The influence of personality on HE students' confidence in their academic abilities

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1409-1419

  Pulford, Briony D ^a   Sohal, Harjit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Big Five; Confidence; Individual Differences; Individual Learning Profile; Personality; Self beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748702665     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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