Cognitive ability, personality, and academic performance in adolescence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 630-635

  Leeson, Peter ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph ^a   Heaven, Patrick C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescents; Attributional style; Cognitive ability; Hope; Intelligence; Personality; Psychometric g; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249109257     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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