More than just IQ: A longitudinal examination of self-perceived abilities as predictors of academic performance in a large sample of UK twins

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-392

  Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^b   Greven, Corina U ^c   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Intellectual competence; Intelligence; Motivation; Self assessed intelligence; Self perceived abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954035709     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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