Different Forces, Same Consequence: Conscientiousness and Competence Beliefs Are Independent Predictors of Academic Effort and Achievement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1115-1128

  Trautwein, Ulrich ^a,b   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a,b   Roberts, Brent W ^c   Schnyder, Inge ^d   Niggli, Alois ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e Geneva University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

academic achievement; academic effort; competence beliefs; conscientiousness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CONSCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 72949111980     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017048     Document Type: Article

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