Which factors best account for academic success: Those which college students can control or those they cannot?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 872-885

  Dollinger, Stephen J ^a   Matyja, Anna M ^a   Huber, Jamie L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attendance; Big five; College students; Conscientiousness; Extra credit; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149126465     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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