Hope uniquely predicts objective academic achievement above intelligence, personality, and previous academic achievement

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 550-553

  Day, Liz ^a   Hanson, Katie ^a   Maltby, John ^b   Proctor, Carmel ^b   Wood, Alex ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Agency; Conscientiousness; Divergent thinking; General intelligence; Hope; Pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955173178     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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